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FAST_Final (1)

March 11, 2025
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12849

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  • 00:15So, when I do a
  • 00:17fast, I usually start with
  • 00:18a right upper quadrant view,
  • 00:19and I like to start
  • 00:20in the anterior humeral line,
  • 00:22looking for a rib space,
  • 00:24and
  • 00:26and looking again. We're gonna
  • 00:27illustrate a couple of different
  • 00:28movements. One is this is
  • 00:30so called rocking, looking securely
  • 00:33and inferiorly, and this is
  • 00:34called fanning, looking anteriorly and
  • 00:36posteriorly
  • 00:37and rotating sometimes if you
  • 00:39need to get between two
  • 00:40ribs, but this is a
  • 00:42pretty good image. Then I'm
  • 00:43sliding up and down to
  • 00:44the inferior pole of the
  • 00:45right kidney.
  • 00:47So that's a complete ride
  • 00:49of the car.
  • 00:59The next view, since we're
  • 01:00in the territory, we can
  • 01:01do the subdiphoid
  • 01:03view. Again, you're putting the
  • 01:04transducer
  • 01:05in the subdiphoid region
  • 01:07aiming up. Sometimes it's easier
  • 01:09to put the hand on
  • 01:09top of the transducer
  • 01:11and then aim up. And
  • 01:12then Antonio is gonna help
  • 01:13me change the depth so
  • 01:14that
  • 01:15it fills the heart.
  • 01:19Again, you might find this
  • 01:20difficult in a skinny patient.
  • 01:23It's very difficult to get
  • 01:24a very good window. We'll
  • 01:25show you on the cardiac
  • 01:26piece where you can get
  • 01:27a pressure on a long
  • 01:28axis, which looks very similar
  • 01:29to this view.
  • 01:38The next view we look
  • 01:39at is a left upper
  • 01:40quadrant view where you can
  • 01:41put your hand really almost
  • 01:42at the at the bottom
  • 01:44of the bed.
  • 01:47Looking at the spleen.
  • 01:49Again, you're gonna be fanning
  • 01:50to look more anteriorly, that
  • 01:52stomach full of snack after
  • 01:53school.
  • 01:54Looking close to your lead
  • 01:56fanning, that gets you the
  • 01:57left kidney and sliding up
  • 01:59to see the the rib
  • 02:00shadow or the diaphragm and
  • 02:02sliding down to see the
  • 02:04inferior pull of the left
  • 02:05kidney.
  • 02:06A reverberation artifact. Do you
  • 02:08have metal in your rib
  • 02:09today?
  • 02:10I don't know. Some hydronelchros
  • 02:12or Joshua's.
  • 02:13That's a psoas muscle.
  • 02:22Supapupic view. Again, you wanna
  • 02:24put the transducer right over
  • 02:26the pubic symphysis, which is
  • 02:27right here.
  • 02:28And then
  • 02:30looking transversely first,
  • 02:33any blood in any free
  • 02:37any free fluid will collect
  • 02:39behind the bladder,
  • 02:41either the transverse or the
  • 02:44sagittal view, then you rotate
  • 02:45the transducer with indicator towards
  • 02:46the head of the patient.
  • 02:48Again, the free fluid will
  • 02:49be behind
  • 02:50in the cul de sac
  • 02:51in the female pigeon and
  • 02:53behind the bladder in the
  • 02:54male
  • 03:02Remember,
  • 03:03the FAST examination,
  • 03:04you are looking for an
  • 03:05answer to the question, do
  • 03:07I see free fluid? Yes
  • 03:08or no?
  • 03:10It is either positive or
  • 03:11negative.
  • 03:12It is not designed
  • 03:13to tell you where the
  • 03:15fluid is leaking from or
  • 03:17why the patient is bleeding
  • 03:18in the first place.
  • 03:20Fluid? Yes, no is the
  • 03:22question we will answer.
  • 03:36This is what a pericardial
  • 03:38effusion would look like. You
  • 03:39can see how the heart
  • 03:41seems pushed to the side
  • 03:42by a large amount of
  • 03:43fluid.
  • 03:44This is a positive fast.
  • 03:46Although, the v obtained in
  • 03:48this case is a parasternal
  • 03:50long axis and not typically
  • 03:51part of the fast.
  • 03:53We just wanted to show
  • 03:54you what a large pericardial
  • 03:56effusion
  • 03:57would look like.
  • 04:10You will see the liver
  • 04:12closest to the transducer and
  • 04:14then the kidneys.
  • 04:16This is a positive or
  • 04:17negative fast.
  • 04:21As you can see, there
  • 04:22is fluid in the Morrison's
  • 04:23pouch, so this fast is
  • 04:25positive.
  • 04:26The CT scan on the
  • 04:27right shows you an intra
  • 04:29abdominal fluid collection confirming that
  • 04:31you were right.
  • 04:34Here you can see a
  • 04:35very small dark line between
  • 04:37the liver and kidney.
  • 04:38It may be small, but
  • 04:39still counts as positive. Remember,
  • 04:42a fast is either positive
  • 04:44or negative, not a little
  • 04:45bit positive.
  • 04:59Is this positive or negative?
  • 05:02Yes. You know it. There
  • 05:04is fluid between the diaphragm
  • 05:05and the spleen. It is
  • 05:07positive.
  • 05:08Positive or negative?
  • 05:12Yep. You know it. It
  • 05:13is positive. There is a
  • 05:14small fluid collection.
  • 05:39Here you can see free
  • 05:40fluid behind the bladder representing
  • 05:42a positive FAST examination.
  • 05:45As you can see on
  • 05:46the picture on the right,
  • 05:47it was confirmed by a
  • 05:49CT scan.
  • 05:51Alright. Ready for some cases?
  • 05:53I want you to first
  • 05:54name the view and second,
  • 05:56point out the pathology.
  • 05:58Let's go.
  • 06:05Yes. You're right. We used
  • 06:07a curvilinear probe
  • 06:08and this is the right
  • 06:10upper quadrant view.
  • 06:11The fast is positive. You
  • 06:13can clearly see free fluid
  • 06:14on the left lobe of
  • 06:15the liver
  • 06:17and at Morrison's pouch.
  • 06:19Ready for the next one?
  • 06:27Good job.
  • 06:28We were using a curvilinear
  • 06:30probe, and this is the
  • 06:31right upper quadrant view. It
  • 06:33is positive because there is
  • 06:34a tiny amount of free
  • 06:36fluid at the inferior pole
  • 06:38of the spleen.
  • 06:40Okay. Advance to the next
  • 06:41slide. Take your time.
  • 06:55Yes. We used a curvilinear
  • 06:57probe, and we're looking at
  • 06:59the right pleural space.
  • 07:01You correctly identified the pleural
  • 07:03effusion.
  • 07:04We will cover the lung
  • 07:06and pleural pathologies
  • 07:07in a separate lecture though.
  • 07:09Next case.
  • 07:17We used a curvilinear probe
  • 07:19and this was a pelvic
  • 07:20view. It is positive for
  • 07:22free fluid.
  • 07:24Remember in pediatric cases most
  • 07:26positive fast scans
  • 07:28are seen on pelvic views.
  • 07:31In contrast with adults, whether
  • 07:33Morrison's pouch view is the
  • 07:35most commonly positive.
  • 07:37Strong work. One last case
  • 07:38and you're done.
  • 07:47Perfect.
  • 07:48We used a phased array
  • 07:49transducer
  • 07:50and this was a subside
  • 07:51fluid view.
  • 07:53There's a large pericardial effusion.