FAST Exam questions with verified
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What are the indications for performing a FAST exam?
A. Blunt or penetrating trauma to the abdomen or chest
B. Abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, or hemodynamic instability in a pregnant patient
C. Unexplained hypotension in any patient
D. All of the above
E. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔D
In which of these anatomic spaces can free fluid be reliably detected with a FAST exam?
A. Pericardial, retroperitoneal, peritoneal, and pleural space
B. Pericardial, retroperitoneal, and pleural space
C. Pericardial, peritoneal, and pleural space
D. Retroperitoneal, peritoneal, and pleural space
E. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔C.
Correct. The FAST exam is used to evaluate a patient's pericardial, peritoneal, and pleural space
for free fluid. Hemorrhage within the retroperitoneal space can rarely be detected with a FAST
exam.
What are the basic views for the FAST exam? - correct answer ✔✔RUQ
LUQ
Cardiac
Pelvis
, The right upper quadrant FAST view requires the ultrasound transducer to be held in a
__________ plane. - correct answer ✔✔coronal
True or false: The hepatorenal interface, or Morison's pouch, is the most dependent point
within the peritoneal cavity in a supine patient. - correct answer ✔✔true
To optimize the subxiphoid cardiac view, __________. A. use the liver as an acoustic window
B. be sure the patient's bed is flat - correct answer ✔✔A and B
True or False: The parasternal long (PSL) cardiac view is always easier to obtain than the
subxiphoid cardiac view. - correct answer ✔✔false
To obtain an optimal left upper quadrant view of the splenorenal interface, __________.
A. hold the ultrasound transducer in a coronal plane
B. hold the ultrasound transducer slightly superior and posterior with respect to the position
that was held for the right upper quadrant view
C. avoid imaging the stomach - correct answer ✔✔A, B, C
When visualizing the left upper quadrant, if the spleen and diaphragm have been visualized, but
the kidney is not in its expected place, __________.
A. fan the transducer slightly posteriorly
B. fan the transducer slightly anteriorly
C. rotate the transducer 90 degrees clockwise
D. rotate the transducer 90 degrees counterclockwise
E. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔A, Correct. Imaging of the left upper quadrant view
begins in a coronal plane at about the midaxillary line. When the spleen and diaphragm have
been located, fan the transducer slightly posteriorly to bring the left kidney into view, without
sliding the probe along the patient's skin. This brings the retroperitoneal space into the plane of
answers passed
What are the indications for performing a FAST exam?
A. Blunt or penetrating trauma to the abdomen or chest
B. Abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, or hemodynamic instability in a pregnant patient
C. Unexplained hypotension in any patient
D. All of the above
E. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔D
In which of these anatomic spaces can free fluid be reliably detected with a FAST exam?
A. Pericardial, retroperitoneal, peritoneal, and pleural space
B. Pericardial, retroperitoneal, and pleural space
C. Pericardial, peritoneal, and pleural space
D. Retroperitoneal, peritoneal, and pleural space
E. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔C.
Correct. The FAST exam is used to evaluate a patient's pericardial, peritoneal, and pleural space
for free fluid. Hemorrhage within the retroperitoneal space can rarely be detected with a FAST
exam.
What are the basic views for the FAST exam? - correct answer ✔✔RUQ
LUQ
Cardiac
Pelvis
, The right upper quadrant FAST view requires the ultrasound transducer to be held in a
__________ plane. - correct answer ✔✔coronal
True or false: The hepatorenal interface, or Morison's pouch, is the most dependent point
within the peritoneal cavity in a supine patient. - correct answer ✔✔true
To optimize the subxiphoid cardiac view, __________. A. use the liver as an acoustic window
B. be sure the patient's bed is flat - correct answer ✔✔A and B
True or False: The parasternal long (PSL) cardiac view is always easier to obtain than the
subxiphoid cardiac view. - correct answer ✔✔false
To obtain an optimal left upper quadrant view of the splenorenal interface, __________.
A. hold the ultrasound transducer in a coronal plane
B. hold the ultrasound transducer slightly superior and posterior with respect to the position
that was held for the right upper quadrant view
C. avoid imaging the stomach - correct answer ✔✔A, B, C
When visualizing the left upper quadrant, if the spleen and diaphragm have been visualized, but
the kidney is not in its expected place, __________.
A. fan the transducer slightly posteriorly
B. fan the transducer slightly anteriorly
C. rotate the transducer 90 degrees clockwise
D. rotate the transducer 90 degrees counterclockwise
E. None of the above - correct answer ✔✔A, Correct. Imaging of the left upper quadrant view
begins in a coronal plane at about the midaxillary line. When the spleen and diaphragm have
been located, fan the transducer slightly posteriorly to bring the left kidney into view, without
sliding the probe along the patient's skin. This brings the retroperitoneal space into the plane of
