A power review of the literature on management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma

When a young female patient threatens to 'knock you out' for exposing her to CT radiation, you are left with only one option for visualizing and extracting a pleural effusion.

What if there was a way to better visualize the heart during cardiac arrest? What if you could see something on the ultrasound screen that triggered a specific, critical, and time-sensitive intervention? According to the 2008 ACEP Ultrasound Guidelines, as well as Matt and Mike from the Ultrasound podcast, that emerging emergency ultrasound application is…

"One systematic review found intra-articular injections to be as safe and effective as procedural sedation for bedside shoulder reductions" Last month Tyler Dschaak, MD told us about using ultrasound to diagnose a septic hip. Today's post is on the utility of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of shoulder dislocations.

"Emergency physicians with ultrasound training have been shown to be capable of visualizing effusions of the hip with a sensitivity between 80-85% and specificity between 98-100%"Tyler Dschaak, MD provides a brief overview of hip ultrasound in the ED, including diagnosis of effusions and arthrocentesis.

"The RUSH exam provides a framework for approaching the non-traumatic patient in the emergency department presenting with undifferentiated hypotension"Olabiyi Akala, MD summarizes this set of ultrasound techniques that can help you rapidly determine the etiology of shock in a crashing patient.