Take the call.
An EMS crew sends you an ultrasound. You have 60 seconds for full credit before points start ticking down. Wrong answer is zero — read carefully and answer fast.
Should we stop CPR?
Medic 12 here, we have a patient who was found unresponsive in their living room by the neighbor. CPR was started by the neighbor and the patient is in PEA. We …
Is this blood??
Hey! Quick question for you. We are on scene with a patient who fell down a flight of steps while vaccuming. They are complaining of pain in their ankle and lef…
Belt-line MVA — clear or not?
Medic 7 to Director — we've got a 34-year-old, restrained driver, T-bone collision at about 35 miles per hour. Patient's complaining of left-sided belly pain an…
LUQ check — anything in the splenorenal?
Continuing the FAST exam on the same motor vehicle patient — moving to the left upper quadrant now. Probe at the posterior axillary line, marker pointing up. Pa…
Bicycle vs car — RUQ looks weird
Medic 12 — we just rolled up on a bike-versus-car collision. Rider's about 28, Glasgow Coma Scale of 14, complaining of right upper quadrant pain. Blood pressur…
Chest pain, want a quick echo
Engine 3 — we have a 56-year-old with substernal chest pressure, started 40 minutes ago while watching TV. He's diaphoretic but blood pressure is 132 over 80 an…
Soft pressure, can't keep up
Medic 4 — 71-year-old male, found by family weak and short of breath. Blood pressure is 78 over 52, heart rate 108, lungs have crackles bilaterally. He's not re…
Short axis confirmation
Following up on the same chest pain patient — rotated the probe 90 degrees for the parasternal short axis. Wanted to confirm the left ventricle function from th…
Hypotensive cancer patient
Medic 9 — 62-year-old female with metastatic breast cancer, called for weakness and shortness of breath. Blood pressure is 84 over 50, heart rate 124, jugular v…
Atypical chest pain — ruling stuff out
Medic 2 — 44-year-old male with sharp left-sided chest pain that's worse with deep breaths. Vitals are stable, the 12 lead shows sinus tachycardia but nothing c…
Septic patient — fluid responsive?
Medic 5 — 68-year-old from a nursing home, fever, hypotensive at 86 over 54, heart rate 122. Suspected urinary sepsis. We've given 500 milliliters and want to k…
CHF exacerbation — keep giving fluids?
Medic 11 — 78-year-old with known heart failure, called for shortness of breath and pitting edema to her knees. Blood pressure is 102 over 64, oxygen saturation…
Stab wound to right chest
Medic 6 — 24-year-old male, stab wound to the right anterior chest just below the clavicle. Blood pressure stable, oxygen saturation 96 percent, breath sounds p…
Fell off a ladder — getting worse
Medic 8 — 41-year-old fell off a ladder about 8 feet onto his right side. Initially talking, now increasingly short of breath. Oxygen saturation dropping from 9…
Asthma vs PE — checking bilateral lung
Medic 14 — 38-year-old female, sudden onset shortness of breath, no trauma, history of recent surgery. Tachycardic at 122, oxygen saturation 91 percent on 4 lit…