Global FAST® Ultrasound as a New Core Skill Changing the Patient Care Paradigm
FAST is an acronym for the abbreviated ultrasound examination called Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma, which was created as a triage and post-interventional screening test by human trauma surgeons in the 1990s. It quickly morphed into a non-trauma (triage) and monitoring (tracking) point-of-care imaging tool.
Global FAST, the combined use of AFAST, TFAST, and Vet BLUE as a single veterinary ultrasound examination, has become an extension of your physical exam and our new core skill.
AFAST (abdominal FAST), TFAST (thoracic FAST), Vet BLUE (lung), and Global FAST have been developed for veterinarians as a rapid, low-impact, point-of-care first-line screening test to provide veterinarians with the information they need to:
This webinar introduces Global FAST ultrasound as a core ultrasound skill, including case-based discussions on its applications and interpretation.
Global FAST, the combined use of AFAST, TFAST, and Vet BLUE as a single veterinary ultrasound examination, has become an extension of your physical exam and our new core skill.
AFAST (abdominal FAST), TFAST (thoracic FAST), Vet BLUE (lung), and Global FAST have been developed for veterinarians as a rapid, low-impact, point-of-care first-line screening test to provide veterinarians with the information they need to:
- Select their next diagnostic test
- Maintain patients for gold-standard testing and treatment
- Make decisions based on evidence
This webinar introduces Global FAST ultrasound as a core ultrasound skill, including case-based discussions on its applications and interpretation.
