Criteria
| Guideline
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Patient position
| Supine and Trendelenburg optimal |
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Equipment
| Well maintained ultrasound machine with both low and high frequency probes |
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FAST component
| Scanning of pleural, pericardial, perihepatic, perisplenic and pelvic locations |
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E component
| Scanning of the lung via the 4 or 5 intercostal space to identify signs of pneumothorax (absent lung sliding, absent seashore sign, bar code sign, B-Lines/comet tails)
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Currently clinicians do not require additional certification to conduct E-FAST. It is the recommendation of this Special Advisory Committee that clinician qualifications be endorsed for E-FAST.