Emergency Medicine Reports – January 26, 2003
January 26, 2003
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Emergency Ultrasound, Part III: Acute Trauma
The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) is a bedside ultrasound examination used primarily by emergency physicians and trauma surgeons to identify free intraperitoneal, intrathoracic, or pericardial fluid. This article describes the sonographic acoustic windows and technique of the FAST examination.