Intermediate

Target audience

Physicians and other healthcare professionals.

Availability

6 months.

FAST

You will acquire the essential skills to confidently perform a Fast Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) examination. You will learn how to obtain the four essential views with precision, understand the characteristics of a positive FAST examination, and gain practical insights into real-life scenarios to know precisely which actions to take.

Chapters

• Welcome
• Basic principles of ultrasound
• Introduction
• Anatomy
      - Right upper quadrant
      - Subcostal
      - Left upper quadrant
      - Suprapubic
• Ultrasound
      - Right upper quadrant
      - Subcostal view
      - Left upper quadrant
      - Suprapubic view (male)
      - Suprapubic view (female)
• Pitfalls

The course is approved by Gordy Johnson, MD and Medical Director in POCUS.