EM Cases · POCUS — aortic, lung & cardiac
RUSH protocol — undifferentiated shock resus station
ACEM Fellowship resus OSCE using RUSH to diagnose ruptured AAA and drive theatre disposition.
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Target exams
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Prompt
Elderly man with sudden back pain and shock; probe is in your hand.
Stem
All persons, presentations and observations in this station are fictional and invented for teaching assessment; they do not describe a real person.
References2ShowHide
- [1]Perera P, et al. The RUSH exam: Rapid Ultrasound in SHock in the evaluation of the critically lll. Emerg Med Clin N Am, 2010.PMID 19945597
- [6]Ashton HA, et al. The Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study (MASS) into the effect of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening on mortality in men: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 2002.PMID 12443589