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Topics: Technology, Trauma
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Article ACC233432
Author(s): Cynthia Blank-Reid, MSN, RN, TCRN, CEN, Denise M. Zappile, MSN, CRNP, Thomas A. Santora, MD, MBAformat
Contact Hours 1.00
CERP A 1.00
Expires Jun 01, 2026
Topics: Technology, Trauma
Role: APRN
Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes
Interest is increasing in the use of ultrasonography to assess and guide the treatment of critically ill patients. The ability to conduct a rapid bedside examination to answer specific clinical queries and direct therapies can be lifesaving. Ultrasonography adds crucial diagnostic details to physical examinations. It has become invaluable in the evaluation of patients in the emergency department, and as such, the American College of Emergency Physicians developed a policy statement making point-of-care ultrasonography a standard of care in emergency medicine. For decades, trauma patients have been quickly evaluated for injury using the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST). The FAST has many desirable features of a diagnostic tool, namely allowing for a rapid, noninvasive, accurate, and inexpensive means of diagnosing internal injury of the abdomen, chest, and pelvis.Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity, read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes, and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.
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