"Focused abdominal sonography in trauma patient (FAST)"ورشة عمل

Monday 14 Mar 2022, 08:30 → 11:00 Asia/Baghdad

مستشفى الكندي التعليمي

Raed Rassam (كلية طب الكندي), Saja Ali ahmed (Al kindy medical collage/surgical department)

 

   The FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) exmination looks for the presence of fluid—presumed to be blood in the appropriate clinical setting—visualizing 10 structures or spaces in four areas:

•Pericardial

•Perihepatic

•Perisplenic

•Pelvic

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    The E-FAST (Extended-FAST) additionally surveys the anterior and lateral pleural spaces (thoracic view) to evaluate for a pneumothorax or pleural effusion, assumed to be a hemothorax in trauma patients.

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    Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for hypotensive non-injured patients to identify free fluid with other causes (eg, ruptured ectopic pregnancy, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm).

Focused abdominal sonography in trauma patient (FAST).pptx