FAST_Final (1)
March 11, 2025Information
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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.