Learn the basic principles of a FAST scan in just 4 minutes. A FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma) scan is used in the emergency setting for the identification of free fluid, which is presumed to be blood in trauma.

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Right upper quadrant free fluid: Case courtesy of Brian Buchanan MD FRCPC, ABaCCUS program, Dept. Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta. Twitter: @UAlberta_CCUS & @Buchanan_MD.

Left upper quadrant free fluid: Case courtesy of Dr. Paul Adamoli, http://radiopaedia.org. From the case https://radiopaedia.org/cases/haemope...

Pericardial effusion: Case courtesy of Brian Buchanan MD FRCPC, ABaCCUS program, Dept. Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta. Twitter: @UAlberta_CCUS & @Buchanan_MD.

Pelvic free fluid: Case courtesy of Brian Buchanan MD FRCPC, ABaCCUS program, Dept. Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta. Twitter: @UAlberta_CCUS & @Buchanan_MD.

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