TY - JOUR T1 - Saved by focused echo evaluation in resuscitation JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 986 LP - 989 DO - 10.1136/emj.11.2010.3490rep VL - 28 IS - 11 AU - N Hollister AU - R Bond AU - A Donovan AU - B Nicholls Y1 - 2011/11/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/11/986.abstract N2 - A 74-year-old woman received thrombolysis for pericarditis. She subsequently developed shock and cardiac arrest. The case report describes the events of how a simple immediate bedside focused echo proved to be a life saving assessment. Current availability and training issues in focused transthoracic echo are discussed. ER -