title: [FAST for abdominal trauma].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: Tasuku
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanajima
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asari
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006465:Hemoperitoneum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography