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.

Patient with epig pain and multiple ED visits with neg CT and non-specific labs - but persistent pain. What do you do? GI cocktail + famotidine and discharge? How about a little #POCUS first. #FOAMed #FOAMus #Ultrasound #MedTwitter @mtabbut @laurarbrownmd @RJonesSonoEM And the transverse view. What do you think now? Poll below in thread. #Whatsthedx #EmergencyMedicine @DianeGramer @SLWerner_EM @ClaridgeJeffrey @vanessapho @ladha_prerna

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.

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.

Patient with hx ESRD on dialysis and multiple previous central catheters. Needs central line. #POCUS as shown. Go ahead and place the line? Poll in thread. #FOAMed #FOAMus #MedTwitter #EmergencyMedicine @mtabbut @RJonesSonoEM @SLWerner_EM @NephroP @siddharth_dugar Place the line here?