
EMCrit 256 – RUSH Redux with Jacob Avila
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The Impetus for the Rush Exam
I was watching this getting done on trauma patients that had absolutely no need, like just totally worthless. The idea of ultrasound for medical shock and hypotension was not a new idea by myself and my friends. But I realized there was no uptake or at least not as much as there should be. And so it needed a rebrand. That's what the rush exam was about is making it easy to remember, easy to do and then giving it something catchy,. you know, fast was catchy.
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