Book contents
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Injuries
- Section 2 Procedures
- Chapter 16 Central Venous Access
- Chapter 17 Intraosseous Access Techniques
- Chapter 18 Cricothyroidotomy
- Chapter 19 Thoracostomy Tube Insertion
- Chapter 20 Emergency Room Resuscitative Thoracotomy
- Chapter 21 Resuscitative Endovascular Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)
- Chapter 22 Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration
- Chapter 23 Tourniquet Application for Extremity Bleeding Control
- Chapter 24 Splinting
- Chapter 25 Ultrasound in Trauma
- Index
Chapter 25 - Ultrasound in Trauma
from Section 2 - Procedures
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2021
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Section 1 Injuries
- Section 2 Procedures
- Chapter 16 Central Venous Access
- Chapter 17 Intraosseous Access Techniques
- Chapter 18 Cricothyroidotomy
- Chapter 19 Thoracostomy Tube Insertion
- Chapter 20 Emergency Room Resuscitative Thoracotomy
- Chapter 21 Resuscitative Endovascular Occlusion of the Aorta (REBOA)
- Chapter 22 Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration
- Chapter 23 Tourniquet Application for Extremity Bleeding Control
- Chapter 24 Splinting
- Chapter 25 Ultrasound in Trauma
- Index
Summary
Ultrasound offers a quick, repeatable, and moderately sensitive assessment for an important subset of traumatic injuries. The Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam is performed at the bedside without the need to transport a potentially unstable patient away from a monitored setting. The investigation is now incorporated into ATLS guidelines.
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- Color Atlas of Emergency Trauma , pp. 358 - 366Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021