The Updated AFAST® Online Course Curriculum 

• Module 01 –  Introduction to AFAST® and Ultrasound Fundamentals 
• Module 02 – Clinical Applications of AFAST® and Its Fluid Scoring System 
• Module 03 – The Diaphragmatico-Hepatic View 
• Module 04- The Spleen-Renal View 
• Module 05 – The Cysto-Colic View
• Module 06 – The Spleno-Intestino Umbilical View, Focused Spleen, & the HR5th Bonus View 
• Module 07 – Practical Everyday Cases – The Power of AFAST® and Global FAST® 
• Supplemental Module – How to Do AFAST® and Its Target-Organ Approach

AFAST® Course Objectives – So Much Information in < 3.5 Minutes

• Image Acquisition at Each Respective AFAST® View
• Understand the Pitfalls and Artifacts at Each Respective AFAST® View
• Understand the AFAST® Target-Organ Approach and Common Conditions You Can Easily “See” that are Often Missed on Radiography
• Know How to Calculate the Abdominal Fluid Score (AFS) and Knowing Its Recent Modification of “Weak” and “Strong” Positives
• Understand that the Abdominal Fluid Score (AFS) Semi-quantitates Volume with “Small Volume” and “Large Volume” Principles
• Understand How to Use the Abdominal Fluid Scoring System for Decision-Making – Blood Transfusions and Determining if Medical vs. Surgical Case Management
• Understand How to Use the Abdominal Fluid Scoring System as a Tracking (Monitoring) Tool for Patients with All Forms of Ascites
• Know How to Assess Volume Status by Characterizing the Caudal Vena Cava and Hepatic Veins
• Understand the AFAST® Constellation of Findings for Right-sided Volume Overload and Right-sided Congestive Heart Failure
• Know the Rule Outs for Gallbladder Wall Edema (GBWE)
• Know How to Diagnose Pericardial (PCE) and Pleural Effusion (PE)  during AFAST via the Diaphragmatico-Hepatic View
• Know How to Look at the Heart and Its Appearance at the “Cardiac Bump” at the DH View
• Know How to Look at the Lung along Its Pulmonary-Diaphragmatic Interface
• Understand Imaging Interpretation Errors and How Important It Is to Do the Entire Global FAST® (“GFAST®”) Approach for Staging Localized vs. Disseminated Disease and to Search for Diagnostic Sampling Sites
• Understand How AFAST® and GFAST® are Used On Most Patients Everyday – Initial Exam, Semi-annual and Geriatric Visits, Pre-anesthetic Screening, Trauma-Triage Bay
• How to Record Findings on Goal-directed Templates
• How to Efficiently Do the 15-views of the Global FAST® Blend

The AFAST® Online Course is a self-paced, recorded course, that requires a passing grade of 80% on each respective Module’s Quiz prior to being able to move on to the next Module.  You have 6-months to complete the Modules successfully followed by a Certificate of Completion with 8-hours of RACE-approved Continuing Education.

Registration Policies:  Once we receive your payment, your course will be activated.  There is a 10-day Money-Back Guarantee.  After 10 days, the course fee is Non-Refundable.  If you have already received CE credit for the course, you cannot receive a refund.

Course Instructor

Greg Lisciandro Author