Ultrasonography in Trauma: The FAST Exam

Product Code: 512000

A patient care resource from ACEP!

Have you added the power of FAST to your skill set? FAST is Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma—a fast, accurate, noninvasive diagnostic imaging test that can be performed on any trauma patient. The 20,000+ subjects in clinical trials and the 200+ associated journal articles attest to one simple fact: Some patients cannot live without it!

There's no better time or place to get the information you need to understand the tools and technology of the FAST exam—the knowledge that is prerequisite for effective hands-on application.

This ACEP book was edited by two of the biggest names in emergency ultrasonography, Dietrich Jehle, MD, FACEP, and Michael B. Heller, MD, FACEP, with contributions from nine other highly respected emergency medicine educators and ultrasonography "pros."

Click on the "Look Inside" tab, above, to see a sample chapter!

It's 8 chapters, 5 appendixes, more than 300 high-quality images that depict the entire range of FAST applications with numerous helpful tables, and findings and recommendations supported by the emergency medicine literature.

It's everything you need to know about using sonographic imaging to evaluate trauma patients.

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