The focused assessment with sonographyfor trauma (FAST) is an ultrasound protocol developed in order to assess rapidly for the présence -and quantity- of hemoperitoneum and hemopericardium. It clarifies whether a trauma patient needs further diagnostic tests or immediate surgery. The assessment consists of images of: right upper quadrant, pericardium, left uoper quadrant, suprapubic plane.
Can you please FAST this trauma patient? / Galati, Elisabetta; Cascio, Michela. - In: ITALIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. - ISSN 2532-1285. - 11:1(2022). [10.23736/s2532-1285.22.00137-9]
Can you please FAST this trauma patient?
Elisabetta GALATI;Michela CASCIO
2022
Abstract
The focused assessment with sonographyfor trauma (FAST) is an ultrasound protocol developed in order to assess rapidly for the présence -and quantity- of hemoperitoneum and hemopericardium. It clarifies whether a trauma patient needs further diagnostic tests or immediate surgery. The assessment consists of images of: right upper quadrant, pericardium, left uoper quadrant, suprapubic plane.File allegati a questo prodotto
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