Case Presentation: A 28‐year‐old previously healthy Hispanic man presented for evaluation of bleeding gums and rash. Four days prior he noted mild fatigue, cough, headache, and subjective fever consistent with an upper respiratory tract infection. On presentation, vital signs were stable, and physical exam revealed petechial hemorrhages on the soft palate with bleeding gums (wet […]

Background: POCUS is increasingly being used across medical specialties, and adds value to diagnostic accuracy for numerous pathologies and levels of acuity. Emergency Medicine providers were early adapters, providing examples of how POCUS increases patient satisfaction and diagnostic clarity (1, 2). Internal Medicine and Family Medicine have been slower to adopt this technology; however, general […]