EFAST protocol. Practical guide for emergency medicine. Ed. Logvinova Yu.I., Rodionova E.P.

The routine use of ultrasound technologies in clinical practice has become a new reality in our lives. In accordance with the requirements of the time, a new Point of Care Ultrasound (Pocus) arose, which implies the use of ultrasound clinicists to solve diagnostic problems and navigation when performing minimal invasive procedures. In emergency assistance, EFAST diagnostic protocol has gained great popularity, which is an ultrasound examination in the patient’s bed and is designed to detect peritoneal and pericardial fluid, pneumothorax and/or hemotorax in the patient after injury.

The theoretical aspects were considered in the leadership, relating to the physics of ultrasound, descriptions of the main scanning modes and the possibilities of using various ultrasound sensors, as well as practical sections containing a detailed description of scanning methods and interpretation of ultrasound data in emergency cases.

The publication is intended for doctors of critical medicine states.