FAST for abdominal trauma

Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and Japanese Association for The Surgery of Trauma developed JATEC (Japan Advanced Trauma Evaluation and Care) course as an off-the-job training to improve trauma care in Japan. In this course, the trauma patients undergo primary survey and secondary survey. F...

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Published inMasui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology Vol. 63; no. 9; p. 969
Main Authors Hanajima, Tasuku, Kataoka, Yuichi, Asari, Yasushi
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.09.2014
Subjects
Abdominal Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Hemoperitoneum - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography
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Summary:Japanese Association for Acute Medicine and Japanese Association for The Surgery of Trauma developed JATEC (Japan Advanced Trauma Evaluation and Care) course as an off-the-job training to improve trauma care in Japan. In this course, the trauma patients undergo primary survey and secondary survey. FAST (focused assessment with sonography for trauma) is performed to detect hemoperitoneum during primary survey. In this article, we describe FAST in the evaluation and care for abdominal trauma. If the patient becomes hemodynamically unstable during the survey or the intraoperative period, we have to repeat primary survey and FAST.
ISSN:0021-4892