FAST and E-FAST

Validation of hand motion analysis as an objective assessment tool for the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma examination

Posted in: Education & Policy, Emergency Medicine, FAST and E-FAST|November 11, 2016

This study is the first to employ hand motion analysis (HMA) for the evaluation of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) skills and techniques.

Disaster Response Team FAST Skills Training with a Portable Ultrasound Simulator Compared to Traditional Training: Pilot Study

Posted in: Emergency Medicine, FAST and E-FAST|April 15, 2015

SONOSIM SUMMARY: This new study from West JEM aimed to compare traditional instructor based FAST scan training to training performed on a novel portable ultrasound training simulator (The SonoSim® Ultrasound Training Solution). The randomized study indicated no statistical difference in FAST protocol aptitude between the training groups, supporting that a “novel portable US simulator may …

Liver trauma diagnosis with contrast-enhanced ultrasound: interobserver variability between radiologist and emergency physician in an animal study

Posted in: Emergency Medicine, FAST and E-FAST|February 20, 2015

This study from the American Journal of Emergency Medicine sought to compare liver trauma evaluation techniques using traditional ultrasound versus contrast-enhanced ultrasound. Radiologist and emergency medicine physicians performed both conventional ultrasound and contrast-enhanced ultrasound evaluations on rabbit livers that had sustained blunt trauma…