Diagnostics in the ED Lecture Powerpoint

Question 1

What’s included on a BMP? How about a CMP?

Answer 1

• Glu, Na+, K+, Cl- HCO3, BUN, Cr (Ca2+ has to be ordered extra)
• all the above + albumin, total bilirubin, alk phos, AST/ALT

Question 2

If a patient is stable and can stand, what type of CXR do they get? What if they cannot get out of bed?

Answer 2

• PA and lateral chest

- AP x ray portable

Question 3

FAST exam

Answer 3

Focused assessment with sonography for trauma, looking for air or fluid in the body usually due to trauma to chest or abdomen, no specific contraindications but should not interfere with resuscitation, looks at pericardium for cardiac tamponade, peritoneal spaces including perihepatic (morrisons pouch), perisplenic, and pelvic, also form called eFAST which includes the looking for pneumothoraces or hemothoraces