Cardiac Ultrasound in SHOCK or Cardiac Arrest
The following is a gallery of point of care cardiac ultrasound clips you may expect to see during pulseless electrical activity or shock. While not all of the clips below are from patients in cardiac arrest, the clips demonstrate cardiac pathologies which could lead to a cardiac arrest. Remember not to only evaluate the heart but also look for other causes of hypotension, use the mnemonic HI-MAP: