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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Lung Ultrasound

ALiEM

Read this tutorial on the use of point of care ultrasonography (POCUS) for pediatric lung ultrasound. Take the ALiEMU PEM POCUS: Pediatric Lung Ultrasound Quiz Module Goals List indications for performing a pediatric lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Describe the technique for performing lung POCUS.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: The Who, What, Where, When and Why of Lumbar Punctures

Taming the SRU

The LP is now a standard procedure and in 2010 well over 135,000 LPs were performed in Emergency Departments throughout the US (3). It is most helpful to do the ultrasound immediately before needle insertion, as movement of the patient may shift cutaneous landmarks from underlying bony structures. WHY - Why Not? REFERENCES 1.

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PEM POCUS Series: Pediatric Renal and Bladder Ultrasound

ALiEM

Given her pain with a history of intermittent hematuria and dysuria, you perform a renal and bladder point of care ultrasound (POCUS) examination. Pre-warmed ultrasound gel is helpful when available. Then test your skills on the ALiEMU course page to receive your PEM POCUS badge worth 2 hours of ALiEMU course credit.

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Don’t Forget the Orbeez!

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Curious Ken is brought into your emergency department. Closer to home, the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre (NSWPIC) reported 129 incidents involving water-absorbing beads since 2004. Abdominal ultrasound, used in 34 cases, was able to visualize a rounded intraluminal image corresponding to a bead in 28 patients.

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SGEM#318: Why Am I Throwing Up – Because You Got High

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

Case: A 32-year-old male patient presents to your emergency department (ED) with severe nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. An ultrasound does not show any free fluids or any signs of an Ileus, appendicitis or gallbladder disease. Annals of EM 2020. He reports the symptoms have been continuous for 4 or 5 hours.

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Hip Pain in Pediatrics

Northwestern EM Blog

Written by: Tommy Ng, MD (NUEM ‘24) Edited by: Patricia Bigach, MD (NUEM ‘22) Expert review by : Terese Whipple, MD '20 So your kid won’t walk One of the most common complaints in a pediatric Emergency Department is a child refusing or inability to ambulate. Typically presenting with fevers and abnormal labs.

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Upon arrival to the emergency department, a senior emergency physician looked at the ECG and said "Nothing too exciting."

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This case was provided by Spencer Schwartz, an outstanding paramedic at Hennepin EMS who is on Hennepin EMS's specialized "P3" team, a team that receives extra training in advanced procedures such as RSI, thoracostomy, vasopressors, and prehospital ultrasound. Takotsubo is a sudden event, not one with crescendo angina.

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