Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

**Definition:** Rapid bedside ultrasound examination performed by medical personnel (surgeons, emergency physicians, paramedics and others), as a screening test for blood around the heart (PERICARDIAL EFFUSION) or abdominal organs (HEMOPERITONEUM) after trauma.

**Tree numbers:** - E01.370.350.850.423 - N04.590.874.500.500

**Synonyms:** - Focused Assessment with Sonography of Trauma - FAST Exam - Focused Assessment Sonography