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Sternal Fracture

December 1, 2014 0 Comments
Sternal Fracture

This fellow had an airbag/steering wheel injury. His sternum was tender over the fracture seen on POCUS. These are amazingly easy to find. Using a linear probe in the longitudinal plane, slide it cephalad and caudad along the sternum. I doubt this would have been seen on X-ray, the displacement is around 1 mm. [Editor’s […]

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A very scary abscess story

January 13, 2014 0 Comments
A very scary abscess story

Dr. Andrea Unger is an emergency physician and avid POCUS educator.  She has recorded some of the scariest images you will ever see when it comes to abscesses, reinforcing why ultrasound should be a crucial part of your exam of potential fluid collections. [Ed.] I was asked to come and see a patient, by a […]

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