Diagnostic assignment

We have already covered several diagnostics during other sections of this course. In particular ultrasound for pneumothorax; Plain films CXR, and ET tube and central line placement. This class addresses:

Ultrasound: In your Noble. Manual of Emergency and Critical Care Ultrasound

FAST exam pp 27-49

Cardiac pp 61-86

Pericardial effusion

Global function

Cardiac arrest

DVT pp 173-187

In shock pp 255-264

Peripheral IV pp 289-294

FYI Additional FAST exam details and videos: http://www.sonoguide.com/FAST.html Links to an external site. -OLD LINK

(Not required at this time, FYI Guidelines_for_the_Appropriate_Use_of_Bedside.pdf ) Download Guidelines_for_the_Appropriate_Use_of_Bedside.pdf )

CT:

Chest How To Read a Chest CT: Basic Search Pattern Links to an external site. Non-contrast

http://teamrads.com/index.php/anatomy/thorax/anatomy/thorax/tutors (Links to an external site.) ****awesome website Go to Tutors, then click one of the items and you will get a slide. In the upper left hand corner there are tabs - Document, Study (which is the slide), labeled study which has things numbered for you to guess what it is, Legend which has those same numbered items but a list of correct answers. On this do the Thoracic CT ones which are TT04, TT05, TT06

Abdomen CT Abdomen and Pelvis anatomy DISCUSSION Links to an external site.

Head and Neck

http://www.med-ed.virginia.edu/courses/rad/index.html (Links to an external site.) This is a good general site but for this class do the following 2

- Head CT

- Images of cervical spine

http://www.radiologyassistant.nl/en/p42023a885587e/welcome-to-the-radiology-assistant.html (Links to an external site.)

Click on Neuro Radiology then select the following 2

- Brain ischemia - images in acute stroke

- Spine - Cervical injury

Plain Films:

Long bone fracture types Femur diaphyseal fractures.png Download Femur diaphyseal fractures.png

Simple – spiral, oblique, transverse