Welcome to the twenty-fourth edition of the #FOAMed Review! The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. 
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      Initially, procedural ultrasound may seem to be quite a daunting task, given the Smörgåsbord of procedures we routinely perform. However, once you are able to understand the concept and capture the proper general technique, it will be merely application from here. 
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      The color of the fluid above is consistent with xanthochromia which refers to the yellow color of the CSF fluid. It is a result of lysis of RBCs and release of pigmented breakdown products such as oxyhemoglobin, bilirubin and methemoglobin...
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      Welcome to the twenty-third edition of the #FOAMed Review! The idea of the FOAMed review is to give you a digestible selection of reliable content from the online EM/CC world that you can fit into your busy weekly schedule. 
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      We are really good at getting an ultrasound probe on your trauma patient's really fast to assess for bleeding, why not do the same when you need answers  fast in the dying medical patient?
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      Classically, patients will exhibit Beck’s Triad...Unfortunately, as we mentioned above only a minority of patients will exhibit all three. So the bottom line is that if you see someone who you think might be worth having their heart looked at, go ahead and slap an ultrasound probe on their chest. 
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