Thoracic Ultrasound in Respiratory Distress: Another Tool in the Diagnostician’s Briefcase
by Emily Fitzgerald, MD Just your Average Case of Undifferentiated Respiratory Distress Your ALS crew is dispatched to a local nursing home for the 74-year-old female with shortness of breath, priority 2. You arrive on scene to find an elderly woman in respiratory distress. She is tripoding in bed, has marked accessory muscle usage and …