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FAST ULTRASOUND
Question | Answer |
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What year german surgery board requries US certification | 1988 |
FAST included in ATLS Course | 1997 |
US training required in EM residences | 2001 |
What is FAST | Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma |
What FAST's detects | Abdominal Fluid Pericardial Fluid Hemothorax and Pneumothorax |
Intraperitoneal bleeding due to splenic or liver injury | Blunt Trauma |
Determining need for laparotomy | Penetrating Trauma - does not detect bowel injury |
Equipment in FAST | Probe with 2-5 MHz |
What to look in RUQ | Fluid in Morrison's Pouch |
RUQ probe placement | 8-11th rib space |
LUQ probe placement | 6-9th rib space |
What to look in LUQ | Fluid in spleenorenal fossa |
Subxiphoid is bette for | COPD |
parasternal Better for | Pregnancy Obesity Abdominal Pain |
Suprapubic | Transverse Identifies: Bladder Uterus Pouch of Douglas |
Extended Fast | 4 view FAST exam |
Evaluation of Extended Fast | Hemothorax and Pneumothorax |
Hemothorax includes | Liver or spleen Kidney Diaphragm |
Pneumothorax | Occurs 15-50% of pts with chest trauma Uses linear probe 5-10 MHz |