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Published on Tue Mar 14, 2023

Are you familiar with the term eFAST? Trauma patients are a given in the ED setting, and a number of the patients who report with traumatic impact injuries are candidates for a FAST exam. There are several components to a focused assessment sonogram in trauma — or FAST — exam. When your provider performs the exam, you’re going to need [...]
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