Announcements

In this issue: See the COVID-19 Resource Page, the award ceremony for International Distributor of the Year, and a thank you from Angelina College sonography students.

SonoSim helping students in field that desperately needs them.

Please watch the video and read helpful tips to learn how to create and run a virtual, high-stakes simulation using SonoSim LiveScan with CaseBuilder.

This elderly female was brought in by EMS due to anemia. She was hemodynamically stable but had a hemoglobin of 6 g/dL detected during a routine outpatient laboratory assessment. She reported having a transfusion-dependent myelophthisic anemia.

This young female was brought in by EMS due to severe dyspnea. She reported one week of dry cough, malaise, and myalgias. The patient was triaged as a rule-out COVID patient. She reported remote history of lymphoma and DVT.

This young adult female presents complaining of progressive dyspnea on exertion and generalized weakness. She reports several days of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea one week prior to onset of dyspnea.

This middle-aged, obese female was brought in by EMS following a syncopal event. She reported several days of malaise and progressive dyspnea but denied fevers or a cough. The physical exam was unremarkable. The patient was triaged as a rule-out COVID-19 patient due to recent travel to New York and complaints of malaise and dyspnea.

An important application of ultrasound in COVID-positive or rule-out COVID patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms is to identify alternative etiologies for these symptoms (e.g., small bowel obstruction).