PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N Hollister
AU  - R Bond
AU  - A Donovan
AU  - B Nicholls
TI  - Saved by focused echo evaluation in resuscitation
AID  - 10.1136/emj.11.2010.3490rep
DP  - 2011 Nov 01
TA  - Emergency Medicine Journal
PG  - 986--989
VI  - 28
IP  - 11
4099  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/11/986.short
4100  - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/11/986.full
SO  - Emerg Med J2011 Nov 01; 28
AB  - 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.