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Today's #POCUS lecture by @mtabbut about the FAST exam in Hemodynamically Pediatric Blunt Abdominal Trauma. #MetroEUS 
Aggregate sensitivity of FAST for all intra-abdominal injuries is low. Specificity is high. Remember though, the FAST was designed to look for FF, not all injuries. So if the injury is not associated with FF, the FAST will likely not see it.
So what can we do to increase the sensitivity of the FAST? Serial exams and adjunctive labs.
Today's ultrasound lecture by @mtabbut about ultrasound guided nerve blocks. #metroEUS #FOAMed #FOAMus #MedTwitter #POCUS @SLWerner_EM @DianeGramer @RJonesSonoEM @MetroHealth_EM
Nerve blocks allow for the management of acute pain or painful procedures in the ED. Decreases need for opiates and sedations. Ultrasound guided vs blind decreases inadvertent vascular or nerve injection and allows targeted depot of anesthetic agent around the nerve.
Multiple studies demonstrate the efficacy of ultrasound guidance over landmark guidance.
Excited to have @siddharth_dugar from @ClevelandClinic give the #MetroEUS Ultrasound Lecture today about Critical Care ECHO. #POCUS #FOAMed #FOAMus #EchoFirst @MetroHealth_EM @metrohealthCLE @RJonesSonoEM @mtabbut @SLWerner_EM @DianeGramer
Goal and benefit of POCUS is to rapidly narrow the differential diagnosis through asking and answering defined clinical questions.
POCUS will narrow the differential more rapidly
