Remove 2006 Remove Advances Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Remove Ultrasounds
article thumbnail

POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

EMDocs

1-3 As many as 25% of acute PE cases present as sudden cardiac death. 4 In an emergency department (ED) presentation of cardiac arrest, the diagnosis of PE is challenging without the use of CT angiography. Case A 25-year-old-female presented to the ED in cardiac arrest. Upon arrival, our 25-year-old patient was in PEA arrest.