Focused assessment with sonography in trauma (FAST) has been extensively utilized and
studied in blunt and penetrating trauma for the past 3 decades. Prior to FAST, invasive …

Background Point‐of‐care sonography (POCS) has emerged as the screening modality of
choice for suspected body trauma in many emergency departments worldwide. Its best …

Focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) is a part of resuscitation of trauma
patients recommended by international panel consensus. The purpose of FAST is to identify …

Background Traumatic colon injury (TCI) is a common disease during wartime. Prolongation
of posttraumatic survival time is an effective approach to patient outcome improvement …

Triage, a medical term derived from the French word “trier”, is the practical process of sorting
casualties to rationally allocate limited resources. In combat settings with limited medical …

Introduction The diagnostic accuracy of the FAST exam performed by EM residents were
shown to be similar to radiology residents. However, in the last 2 decades, an extended …

Introduction Whole body computed tomography has become standard practice in many
centres in the management of severely injured trauma patients, however, the evidence for …

Background Trauma patients requiring abdominal operation have considerable morbidity
and mortality, yet no specific quality indicators are measured in the trauma systems of the …

Abdominal trauma (AT) is of major global importance, particularly with the increased
potential for civil, terroristic, and military trauma. The injury pattern and systemic …

The objective of this pilot study was to test the feasibility of automating the detection of
abdominal free fluid in focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) …