MedBugs: SAQ #473

Case: Cardiac POCUS

A 40-year-old man presents with chest pain and SOB. A focused point of care ultrasound is undertaken by your registrar during the emergency department workup as shown below.

1. Name the view that is being obtained in the photo. (1 mark) 1 mark

2. State (2) pieces of advice you might give to improve your registrar’s POCUS technique or optimise the image being obtained. (2 marks) 2 marks

The following image is obtained from this view

3. Identify the numbered anatomical structures. (1/2 mark each – 5 marks if all correct) 5 marks

The patient’s image is normal.

4. Name (4) findings you would look for on this view (in any patient) that would support a specific diagnosis. (4 marks) 4 marks

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Case: Cardiac POCUS

1. Name the view that is being obtained in the photo. (1 mark) 1 mark

2. State (2) pieces of advice you might give to improve your registrar’s POCUS technique or optimise the image being obtained. (2 marks) 2 marks

3. Identify the numbered anatomical structures. (1/2 mark each – 5 marks if all correct) 5 marks

4. Name (4) findings you would look for on this view (in any patient) that would support a specific diagnosis. (4 marks) 4 marks

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