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SAEM Clinical Images Series: Testicular Swelling
by Omar Ahmed, DO
Oct 17, 2022
A 33-year-old male presented to the Emergency Department with one week of right testicular swelling. He endorsed some aching and swelling. He denie...
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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST)
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for Pediatric Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma. Then test your ...
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IDEA Series: Ultrasound-capable, 3D-printed central line trainer
Problem: Central venous line (CVL) placement is a key skill for emergency medicine providers. Sites for central line placement include the internal...
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Ultrasound Sticker for 48 Hours of Imaging
Engineers at MIT have created an ultrasound patch that can provide long-term ultrasound imaging of internal organs and structures. The device conta...
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Trick of the Trade: Getting the last bit of ultrasound gel from the bottle
It’s a busy shift and you need to perform a bedside ultrasound on a patient’s belly to rule out cholecystitis, when you realize that the ultrasound...
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Ep 170 Cardiac Arrest – PoCUS Integration, Communication Strategies, E-CPR, Calling the Code
In this part 2 of our 2-part podcast series on Cardiac Arrest - The When, Why & How, we discuss some of the finer art of cardiac arrest care an...
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Trick of the Trade: Don’t fight the ultrasound cord for peripheral IV access
Ultrasound-guided IVs require hand-eye coordination and fine movements of probe in Goldilocks fashion. Apply too much pressure, and the vein in que...
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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Appendicitis
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric appendicitis. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course page ...
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PEM POCUS Series: Confirmation of Endotracheal Tube Placement
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for confirmation of endotracheal tube (ETT) placement in pediatric patients....
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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Ultrasound-Guided Fascia Iliaca Block
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric fascia iliac block. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course...
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REBEL Core Cast 72.0 – Lung US
Take Home Points:
Lung ultrasound is simple, quick and accurate for real time, bedside assessment of your patient with acute undifferentiated dysp...
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Ep 164 Cardiogenic Shock Simplified
What is the preferred order of vasopressors and ionotropes in the management of cardiogenic shock? In which patients would dobutamine be preferred ...
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Are You Pausing Too Long During CPR?
Background: Outside of early defibrillation and high-quality CPR, little has been shown to improve outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA...
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EM Quick Hits 33 Polytrauma Tips & Tricks, Toxic Megacolon, ECG in PE, Patch Calls, CT Before LP, Nebulized Ketamine
In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast, Anand Swaminathan on tips and tricks in polytrauma, Rohit Mohindra on diagnosis and management of toxic mega...
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Rebellion21: Good Vibrations with Corona – Using POCUS in the COVID Era via Eric Chin, MD
In this 18-minute presentation from Rebellion in EM 2021, Dr. Eric Chin, MD describes the role of point-of-care ultrasound in the evaluation of a C...
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SAEM Clinical Image Series: Pulseless and Painful Blue Leg
A 57-year-old male who works as a truck driver with a history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and recent COVID-19 infection presents with right l...
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Ep 158 Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
In this main episode podcast we discuss the conservative management of large spontaneous pneumothorax, when a pigtail chest tube with Heimlich valv...
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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Peripheral IV Access
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric peripheral IV placement. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU c...
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PEM POCUS Series: Hip Effusion
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric hip effusion. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course page ...
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PEM POCUS Series: Intussusception
Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric intussusception. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course pa...
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EM Quick Hits 28 Cardiogenic Shock, Radiation Dose in Pregnancy, PoCUS in Airway Management, VIPIT, Angiotensin II, Short-Term Steroid Safety
In this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Anand Swaminathan on the approach to cardiogenic shock, Hania Bielawska on the myths of radiation dose in pr...
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REBEL Core Cast 54.0 Wound Care I – Foreign Bodies
Take Home Points
FBs are a very common complication of wounds.
X-ray is poor at detecting foreign bodies
US is a tremendous tool and be used dynam...
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POCUS Cases 10 Limitations, Pitfalls and Accuracy of POCUS for Ruptured AAA
Dr. Rob Simard discusses one of the most important uses of POCUS in the ED, and that is for AAA. He reviews the literature on the accuracy of POCUS...
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POCUS Cases 9 Abdominal Free Fluid in Trauma
Rob Simard explains how to incorporate abdominal POCUS into your assessment of the trauma patient, he reviews the literature on accuracy of POCUS f...
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IDEA Series: Handheld Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine Residents Rotating on Cardiology Services
Point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) has become an essential skill that emergency medicine (EM) residents learn during their training [1]. Accordingly...
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SAEM Clinical Image Series: What Lies Beneath?
A 35-year-old male with a history of diabetes and pericarditis, status post pericardiectomy 3 years ago, presented with a painful lesion on his a...
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REBEL Cast Ep91: Static Ultrasound vs Landmark Placement of Subclavian Central Lines
Background Information: Central venous catheterization is a common procedure performed in the ICU for the purposes of drug administration and resus...
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REBEL Cast Ep90: Ultrasound vs Landmark-Guided Palpation for Radial Arterial Line Placement
Background Information:
Ultrasound guided peripheral and central venous access has become more common while simultaneously decreasing complications...
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Ultrasound for the Win! 18M with Acute Shoulder Injury #US4TW
Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series, where bedside ultrasound changed the manageme...
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SAEM Clinical Image Series: Knee Pain
A fifty-six-year-old male with a past medical history of legal blindness and remote right quadricep tendon rupture presents to the emergency depa...
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IDEA Series: Big Screen Ultrasound in Resuscitation Bays
Bedside ultrasound (US) often plays a crucial role in medical and trauma resuscitations in the emergency department (ED) [1]. Performing and interp...
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EM Quick Hits 20 Imaging Renal Colic, Human Trafficking, Atrial Fibrillation During COVID, Transvenous Pacemaker Placement, COVID Lung POCUS, COVID Derm, Virtual Simulation
Justin Morgenstern on imaging choices in renal colic, Hanni Stoklosa on recognition and management of human trafficking, Rohit Mohindra on manageme...
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ALiEMU New Course: Pediatric Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral IV Access
Did you know that the ALiEMU learning management platform has courses in addition to the AIR Series? We just published the third installment of the...
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BCE 81 Tension Hydrothorax
Tension hydrothorax is a massive pleural effusion presenting with hemodynamic abnormalities secondary to mediastinal compression. Dr. Allan Shefrin...
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Gaining the Diagnosis of Vitreous Hemorrhage with Ultrasound
A 54 year-old male presents to the emergency department with an eye complaint. The patient works as a cook and while cleaning the grill several hou...
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Ultrasound for the Win! 3-year-old with abdominal pain #US4TW
A 3-year-old Hispanic female with no significant past medical or surgical history presents to the Emergency Department with her mother for a 3 ...
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EM Quick Hits 11 Blunt Cerebrovascular Injury, Physostigmine, TEE in Cardiac Arrest, Understanding Nystagmus, Subtle Inferior MI, Choicebo
In this EM Quick Hits podcast we have Emily Austin on physostigmine for anticholinergic toxidrome, Walter Himmel on understanding nystagmus to diff...
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Trick of the Trade: Save the Ultrasound Probe Cable
You need to perform an ultrasound on your patient. You walk up to the ultrasound and upon grabbing the machine, you notice it’s stuck! You look...
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Techniques for Ultrasound-Guided IV Placement
Imagine a busy evening shift interrupted by the news that the unstable dialysis patient still has no access. Begrudgingly, you drag the ultraso...
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SAEM Clinical Image Series: Hip Pain
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Chief complaint: Left hip pain
History of Present Illness: A healthy right leg-dominant 13-year-old male athlete prese...
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Differentiating pericardial effusion from pericardial tamponade on ultrasound
Tamponade physiology, in which a pericardial effusion impedes cardiac output, is a medical emergency and requires prompt diagnosis and interven...
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Ultrasound for the Win! 18M with dysphagia #US4TW
Welcome to another ultrasound-based case, part of the “Ultrasound For The Win!” (#US4TW) Case Series. In this case series, we focus on a real c...
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Fascia iliaca nerve block: A hip fracture best-practice
An 82-year-old woman presents with left hip pain after a mechanical fall while cleaning the kitchen floor. When EMS arrived, the left leg was...
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Trick: Peritonsillar abscess drainage 3.0 | All the steps with added variations
A 25-year-old medical student comes in with a muffled voice, sore throat and trismus. You look at the back of her throat and you see the uvul...
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SAEM Clinical Image Series: Another Heart Attack?
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Chief Complaint: Chest pain
History of Present Illness: An 89-year-old female with a past medical history of...
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Pediatric Point of Care Ultrasonography ALiEMU Course on Intussusception
Our ALiEMU learning management system, which currently houses the AIR series, Capsules series, and In-Training Exam Prep courses, is ready to s...
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Ultrasound Gel Warmers in the Emergency Department?
How many times have you told a patient “The gel will be cold?” How many times have you watched a patient retract from the transducer because of...
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POCUS Cases 8 – LV Dysfunction
In this POCUS Cases video Dr. Rob Simard reviews the literature on accuracy of identifying LV dysfunction on POCUS by non-radiologists, the steps i...
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DIY Ultrasound Model Compendium in Emergency Medicine
As the use of point-of-care ultrasound expands in emergency medicine, phantoms offer an attractive training solution for new learners and conti...
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