Associate Professor of EM at LSU in New Orleans, writer of EM News "Speed of Sound"
New Orleans, LA
Joined March 2014
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Christine Butts retweeted
Bedside ultrasound demonstrates a large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.
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Christine Butts retweeted
Point-of-care #ultrasonography is increasingly used to #diagnose rare but deadly conditions, such as acute #aortic dissection, say Huafu Chen, MD, Sahrish Ekram, MD, Joseph Colla, MD, & Christopher Parker, DO, of @UICBrownCoat #FOAMed #ultrasound #POCUS bit.ly/41By1uK
Good lord
happy Thursday to everyone except the parasites swimming in this man's testicles
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Source: @NEJM
Christine Butts retweeted
A 32yo woman presented to the #ED with #abdominalpain & #ultrasound showed an intrauterine pregnancy with fetal movements and heart rate, but @EMNSpeedofSound says #EPs shouldn’t stop looking. #Whatsthediagnosis #FOAMus #FOAMed bit.ly/40mrwuO
Christine Butts retweeted
#Transesophagealecho is theorized to be better in #resuscitation than #TTE, writes @EMNSpeedofSound: Pulse checks using #TTE averaged 23 seconds, palpation alone 15 seconds, and #TEE 12 seconds. #FOAMed #FOAMus bit.ly/3C2c6AP
Such sad news. He told me once that he thought I was a good writer and I almost levitated. Just an extraordinarily kind man and an absolute giant of our field.
#EM legend and longtime EMN columnist James R. Roberts, MD, passed away on July 22. Read EMN Editor Lisa Hoffman’s tribute to an extraordinary physician, mentor, and friend. bit.ly/3q0vY1o
Christine Butts retweeted
Pt with gallbladder wall thickening and free fluid from CHF fluid overload. Remember, there are a lot of things that can cause GB wall thickening, not just primary biliary disease. #POCUS #Ultrasound #FOAMed #FOAMus #Gallbladder
Christine Butts retweeted
I realized I don't have a whole lot of basic content on the site. This week is all about artifacts!
#POCUS Artifacts Part 1: coreultrasound.com/artifacts…
YT if you happen to like that: youtube.com/watch?v=SN6_YKVl…
#FOAMed #Medtwitter
Oof
Rant #2 from ATLS this morning…
My EMERGENCY-MEDICINE trained instructor just called the ultrasound the “FAST Machine” and I nearly choked on my coffee.
We must not disrespect such a beautiful & important piece of equipment that has saved our a$$ many times in the last decade!
A very sad day. I’m afraid for my patients, for my residents, and honestly for myself. Abortion is now illegal here in Louisiana with no exception for rape or incest. It can still occur when the mothers life is in danger if 2 physicians agree.
In my 20s I worked at @PPFA for a year. You might be very surprised at the women having abortions. They are from all walks of life and ages. Some even told me “I don’t believe in abortion”. Yet there they were. The thing in common? They were all desperate not to be pregnant
Every year, we award the Scanny Awards to the best ultrasounds from @NOLA_EM - our residents do some incredible work. Here are this year's winners...
And the final award, the WTF Award goes to Drs. Kelsey Byrd and Natalia Glynn, for the case of Stars in her Eyes, a finding of Asteroid Hyalosis
Christine Butts retweeted
Learn about #EM from actual #EPs like @3rdRockUS; @ERGoddessMD; Stacy Harmon, MD; @EM1MinuteGuru; James R. Roberts, MD; @edwin_leap; Tom Belanger, MD; @Eleytherius; & @EMNSpeedofSound in the new issue at EM-News.com. #FOAMed
I write about ultrasound. But I’m also an Emergency Medicine physician and have been for almost 20 years. In that time I’ve taken care of thousands of people with gunshot wounds. Some of them died, despite our best efforts. It’s not like the movies, where they just drift off. 1/
I’m from the south. Practically my entire family are gun owners. My 80 something grandma kept a gun in her nightstand. I’ve got no problem with someone responsibly owning a gun or guns. But how have we gotten to this point? To not even be able to discuss limiting access? 4/