Ultrasound: Skills of carrying out Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST)

The Purpose of Ultrasound

The Advantages of Using FAST

The Standard FAST Views

Training of Emergency Physician Sonographers

Rationale for the Use of FAST

4 Topics

Detecting Fluid

Echocardiography in Life Support (ELS)

Algorithm for FAST

Machine Settings

Positioning the Probe

Image Appearances

5 Topics

Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)

Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)

Echocardiography in Life Support (ELS)

Ultrasound: Skills of carrying out Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) – Post Test

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Question 1 of 10

1. Question
Which of the following is an ideal probe to use to carry out FAST?
- A curvilinear probe at 3-5 mHz
- A phased array probe at 6 mHz
- A linear probe at 10 mHz
- Any probe set to a high frequency
- Any probe set to a low frequency
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Question 2 of 10

2. Question
Which one of the following can a FAST scan not detect?
- Retroperitoneal bleeding
- 850 ml of intraperitoneal free blood
- A large pleural effusion
- Cardiac tamponade
- Ascites
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Question 3 of 10

3. Question
In major trauma, a FAST scan is ideally carried out under which of the following circumstances?
- Rapidly and repeatedly
- After the primary survey
- By a radiologist
- Once only
- While waiting for a CT
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Question 4 of 10

4. Question
The specificity of FAST in published data is best summarised by which of the following?
- 100%
- Between 95-100%
- Between 90-95%
- Between 80-90%
- Less than 80%
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Question 5 of 10

5. Question
Which of the following is true in terms of detection of free fluid?
- A negative finding may still mean an abnormality exists
- 75% of sonographers can detect 50 ml of fluid
- Free fluid is almost always found in the pouch of Douglas
- The LUQ view is the most sensitive
- A positive finding is always abnormal
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Question 6 of 10

6. Question
A colleague presents you with the image shown. Which of the following is true of this image?
- Fluid is identified
- The depth is set correctly
- The far gain is too low
- This is a good image of the LUQ
- A high frequency setting on a curved probe is being used
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Question 7 of 10

7. Question
CT of the abdomen does NOT need to follow FAST scanning in which of the following circumstances?
- An unstable trauma patient with a clearly positive FAST scan
- GCS 13 patient with a mild adbominal abrasion and no fluid see on FAST
- A patient who has been unstable but who has a clear FAST scan
- A stable patient with two sequential clear scans but significant guarding
- A patient with mild trauma plus known metastasic disease and a trace of fluid
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Question 8 of 10

8. Question
The image shown is correctly labelled except for which one of the following?
- Free intraperitoneal fluid
- Morison’s pouch
- Right lobe of the liver
- Renal parencyma
- Pleural space
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Question 9 of 10

9. Question
In this image, the pleural space can be described as which of the following?
- Normal
- Containing air
- Containing fluid
- Suggesting a ruptured diaphragm
- Of poor image quality
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Question 10 of 10

10. Question
In this image, which of the following is true of the pericardial space?
- It is best assessed posteriorly
- It is best assessed anteriorly
- It contains blood
- It contains fluid
- The small amount of fluid is normal
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Mr Srinivasa Raju Borakati May 1, 2025 at 3:44 pm

excellent module

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Dr Chendur Pandian Palaniswamy June 2, 2025 at 11:00 am

refreshing efast skills

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Dr Malika Mohamed Kefi June 15, 2025 at 10:04 pm

excellent module
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Mr Emmanuel Akurang July 13, 2025 at 9:04 am

Very useful educative

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Dr Muntasir Eltayeb Hassan Elsheikh October 14, 2025 at 7:04 pm

Great module

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Dr Mohammed Mohammed Ali Elbedri Omer October 19, 2025 at 4:16 pm

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