Upper Blue

Point

1.
Lung Sliding?
BLUE
2.

Lower Blue
Step 1 - scan anterior points Pleural
Sliding Protocol Ultrasound Cheats
Point Present Step 2 - look for artefacts Abolished

B-Lines (Diffuse) A-Lines A/B/C-lines B-Lines (spaced) A-Lines

Pulmonary Look at Pneumonia Pneumonia

Oedema Fine B-lines
/ Bilateral
veins

Hyper-echoic
Consolidation

#
U
DVT No DVT Multiple
B-lines
Visible
A-lines Lung Point+ No lung
Incompressible
L Vein
+ Clot
point
T Step 3 - 3.

A
R
A
scan PLAPS points Norm al
S
C Consolidation No consolidation -Line
O
U Further
N PE Pneumothorax
Pneumonia COPD/ Asthma Tests

B
D Likely A normal
R / ?PTx
Normal
E Consolidated Lung

L Atelectatic
Lung
-Line
S
@wilkinsonjonny Lichtenstein D.