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SonoTip: Da Spine Sign: Dont miss that Pleural Effusion on the FAST scan!
I call it “Da Spine Sign” (insert any accent here – trust me, its funny). So, fluid is the lover of ultrasound, right? And air is the enemy. Typically you will not see the spine passed the diaphragm...
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SonoTip&Trick: “I can never get a nice subxiphoid view!” Really? Well try this…
You get a patient who has gradual onset of shortness of breath with a history of cancer, a patient with sudden severe exertional chest pressure and new orthopnea, a patient with known pericarditis with...
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SonoTip&Trick: There’s a left pneumothorax! Really? check again…
Whenever you are performing an E-FAST exam on your trauma patient or a thoracic US in those with unexplained shock or shortness of breath, your sphincter tightens when you see fluid in the belly or...
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SonoTip&Trick: “I can’t get a good RUQ view for my FAST!”– Really? Well, try...
The “F” in FAST does not mean “fast”; it stands for “focused”. The good thing is that everyone agrees to that, but we so often forget. This week has turned into the right upper quadrant (RUQ) view of...
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SonoTips & Tricks: The upper quadrants of the FAST scan #FOAMed
Happy Monday everyone! I mean, Tuesday!! Ugh! Well, if you were wondering where I’ve been, or even if you didn’t notice, I’ve had a busy couple weeks. From the many shifts that was full of interesting...
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SonoTips & Tricks: The FAST scan: The Cardiac views #FOAMed
Finishing the ultrasound QA sessions that we do every week at Stanford, I was reminded about how bedside ultrasound is a tool that helps when resources were limited. If you hadn’t heard, there was an...
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SonoTip&Trick: “I can’t tell if there is normal lung sliding.” Here’s a quick...
All of us have had that case where we had a thoracic trauma victim or an acutely short of breath patient who we want to evaluate for pneumothorax. We use the ultrasound machine since it’s quick and...
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SonoTips&Tricks: The FAST scan: Suprapubic View #FOAMus #FOAMed
By Viveta Lobo, MD and Laleh Gharahbaghian, MD, FACEP Our latest insert in the ACEP Ultrasound Section newsletter is below – on the FAST scan – the Suprapubic sections. The prior entries was on the...
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