This hands-on workshop (HOW) will teach the image acquisition of Global
FAST® Point-of-care Ultrasound. Global FAST® is a standardized ultrasound examination that
includes AFAST® (abdomen), TFAST® (thorax), and Vet BLUE® (lung) combined as a single point-
of-care ultrasound format used as an extension of the physical exam. This low impact (no
shaving, right lateral and standing position), first-line imaging, exceeds the information
acquired on plain radiography, and serves as the initial imaging test of choice for most patients.
The scanning workshop also includes imaging pearls, use of calipers and color flow Doppler,
fundamental TFAST® echocardiography including the EPIC Guideline cardiac measurements.
Clinical applications of each of these formats are presented on Friday in the POCUS Track
including AFAST® and its target-organ approach, its abdominal fluid scoring system, the focused spleen and the characterization of the caudal vena cava and hepatic veins; TFAST and its rules
for accurately detecting pericardial and pleural effusion, pneumothorax, and fundamental
echocardiography (including EPIC Guideline Measurements); and Vet BLUE® and its unique
regional, pattern-based approach, its B-line scoring system, its inherent severity scoring system,
and its visual lung language including its signs of consolidation of Shred, Tissue, Nodule, and
Wedge Signs.