FAST Exam (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma)
FAST Exam (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) is organized by Gulfcoast Ultrasound Institute (GCUS) Inc..
Date of Original Release: 12/14/2022
This edition valid for credit through 12/14/2025
Description:
FAST Exam (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) CME Vital activity reviews patient position, transducer (probe) placement, and structures visualized in each of the 6 respective views of a normal FAST EXAM.
Learning Objectives:
• Demonstrate patient position, probe placement, probe orientation, and structures visualized in each of the 6 respective views of the FAST exam.
• Recognize the correct transducer type and appropriate imaging depths when performing the FAST exam.
• Demonstrate patient position, probe placement, probe orientation, and structures visualized with the Pneumothorax Views of the EFAST exam.
• Recognize the correct transducer type and appropriate imaging depth when performing the Pneumothorax Views of the EFAST exam.
• Identify the pleural line, A-Lines, and B-Lines when performing the Pneumothorax Views.
Topics:
• Subxiphoid (Subcostal) 4 Chamber View
• Right and Left Intercostal Oblique Views
• Right and Left Coronal Views
• Pelvis (Suprapubic) Views
• Pneumothorax Viewsis
