Essential US for Trauma: E-FAST

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zago, Mauro (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Ultrasound for Acute Care Surgeons
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Critical care medicine.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Ultrasound.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Imaging / Radiology.

E-FAST (extended focused assessment by sonograpy for trauma) represents the basic ultrasonographic approach to any trauma patient. Identification or exclusion of free fluid and air in the abdominal and thoracic cavities plays a pivotal role in deciding the immediate diagnostic and therapeutic path....

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• 1 Basic physics, instrumentation and knobology
• 2 E-FAST protocol: Introduction and focused questions
• 3 Abdominal views: Anatomy, Techniques, Scanning tips and tricks, abnormal images
• 4 Thoracic views: Anatomy, Techniques, Scanning Tips and Tricks, Abnormal Images
• 5 Including EFAST in Trauma Algorithm: When? What to do next?
• 6 The role of EFAST in Comprehensive US Trauma Management (ABCDE-US) Facing Clinical Scenarios
• 7 Pre-Hospital US in Trauma: Role and Tips
• 8 CEUS-FAST: What is it?  .