Focused assessment with sonography for trauma: current perspectives

Abstract

Sorravit Savatmongkorngul,1 Sirote Wongwaisayawan,2 Rathachai Kaewlai2 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 2Division of Emergency Radiology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand Abstract: Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is a part of resuscitation of trauma patients recommended by international panel consensus. The purpose of FAST is to identify free fluid, which necessarily means blood in acute trauma patients. In this article, the authors focused on various aspects of FAST in the emergency department, prehospital care, pediatric setting, training and general pearls/pitfalls. Detailed techniques and interpretation of FAST are beyond the scope of this article. Keywords: FAST, trauma, ultrasound, perspectives 

Keywords

• FAST
• perspectives
• performance
• prehospital
• training