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Abdominal Focused Assessment in Trauma/Triage
Abdominal Focused Assessment in Trauma/Triage
Developed as a technique for quick assessment in emergent patients. Only novice ultrasound skills are necessary to begin utilizing this tool.
Procedure
Right lateral recumbency
Place probe in 4 areas and assess if free abdominal fluid is present or not. For each position, give a score of 1 or 0.
Positions are as follows:
'''DH view''' (Diaphragmatic/Hepatic view)
Probe is placed with ultrasound marker ventral on left side of screen.
Organs to be identified:
'''Caudal lung margin''' - can evaluate for pulmonary edema,
'''Diaphragm'''
'''Liver'''
'''Gall bladder'''
'''Peritoneal cavity'''
'''Caudal vena cava'''
'''Hepatic veins'''
'''Thoracic cavity'''
'''Pericardial sac'''
'''Heart apex +/- chambers'''