Musculoskeletal injuries account for approximately 10-15% of all childhood injuries, with most occurring as a result of a fall, sports-related injury, motor vehicle trauma, or intentional physical abuse.
Knee dislocations have the potential to result in significant morbidity and mortality if not correctly diagnosed and optimally managed. Early identification and treatment of neurovascular injury and compartment syndrome may avert disaster for the patient.
Much attention has been given to injuries of the cervical spine, but injuries to the thoracolumbar region are actually more common. Because of the anatomy involved, these injuries are often accompanied by multiple serious injuries to other areas of the body and may be overlooked during resuscitation and stabilization.
When patients sustain a sudden cardiac arrest, they require immediate life-saving therapies to restart cardiac function and prevent secondary anoxic brain injury.
Bedside ultrasound is increasingly being performed in the intensive care unit (ICU) for a variety of purposes including guiding volume resuscitation, central line placement, and marking pleural fluid collections for drainage.
