Extended 2 Day Global FAST® Point-of-Care Ultrasound Course:  Learn AFAST® • TFAST® • Vet BLUE® • Global FAST® • Ultrasound-Guided Procedures

RACE Approved for 16 Hours of Live Medical CE Credits

Course Overview and Description
The Advanced Global FAST® Point-of-Care Ultrasound Course is an intensive, two-day continuing education program designed to provide veterinarians with a practical and clinically applicable
approach to point-of-care ultrasound.  The program integrates the AFAST® POCUS, TFAST® POCUS, and Vet BLUE® (Veterinary Bedside Lung Ultrasound Exam) techniques into the comprehensive Global FAST® POCUS approach. The course emphasizes standardized ultrasound image acquisition, recognition of clinically relevant sonographic findings, and incorporation of point-of-care ultrasound into patient evaluation, triage, monitoring, and clinical decision-making.

Course Objectives
Upon completion of this 16-hour program, participants should have developed the foundational knowledge and practical scanning skills necessary to incorporate Global FAST® point-of-care ultrasound
into everyday veterinary patient evaluation.  The overall goals of the course are to enable participants to:

1. Develop a standardized approach to point-of-care ultrasound image acquisition using proper probe orientation, probe maneuvering,  patient positioning, and image optimization techniques.
2. Perform the AFAST® POCUS examination using its standardized view order and target-organ approach and apply the AFAST® abdominal fluid scoring system to bleeding and non-bleeding patients.
3. Perform the TFAST® POCUS examination and recognize sonographic findings associated with pleural effusion, pericardial effusion, and pneumothorax.
4. Acquire and interpret fundamental TFAST® echocardiographic views and understand their clinical applications in the assessment of cardiac volume, contractility, and left- and right-sided abnormalities.
5. Perform the Vet BLUE® lung ultrasound examination using its standardized regional approach and distinguish dry lung from wet lung patterns.
6. Recognize and apply the six Vet BLUE® lung ultrasound signs, including the Shred Sign, Tissue Sign, Nodule Sign, and Wedge Sign, and use the Vet BLUE® B-line scoring system to assess and monitor pulmonary disease.
7. Integrate AFAST® POCUS, TFAST® POCUS, and Vet BLUE® POCUS into the Global FAST® POCUS examination as an extension of the physical examination and use Global FAST® POCUS findings to support patient staging, monitoring, clinical decision-making, and identification of diagnostic sampling sites.
8. Develop fundamental ultrasound-guided procedural skills, including appropriate needle visualization using in-plane and out-of-plane techniques.
9. Understand and perform common ultrasound-guided procedures, including fine-needle aspiration, abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, pericardiocentesis, and vascular access.

Curriculum:

Day 1 — Core Global FAST® POCUS Concepts and Ultrasound-Guided Procedures Laboratory

• 9 am to 12 pm: Lecture (AFAST® including AFAST® Target Organ Approach and Abdominal Fluid Scoring System and TFAST® including TFAST® Fundamental Echocardiography with EPIC Guideline Measurements and Assessment for Pleural and Pericardial Effusion)
• 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm: Lecture (TFAST® Part II and Vet BLUE® Lung Ultrasound)
• 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm: Scanning Dry Lab including Fundamentals of Imaging and Ultrasound Guided Procedures Lab (performing fine needle aspirates, abdominocentesis, thoracocentesis, pericardiocentesis and vascular access)
• 5:30 pm to 6 pm: Q & A and Closing Comments

Day 2 — Advanced Applications and Hands-On Global FAST® Scanning

• 8 am to 12 pm: Advanced POCUS Topics on Applications of Global FAST® POCUS Examinations including:
  • Clinical Applications of Vet BLUE® POCUS for assessing and managing respiratory and heart failure patients
  • Using Global FAST® POCUS to assess traditionally difficult cardiac cases (pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary thromboembolism, left atrial rupture in mitral disease dogs, etc)
  • Global FAST® POCUS for the Hs and Ts of Treatable Forms of Shock
• 1 pm to 5 pm: Global FAST^® POCUS Hands- On Scanning Session
  • The “Live Dogs” Global FAST^® Scanning Session will cover image acquisition fundamentals including AFAST^®, TFAST^® including EPIC Guideline Measurements, and Vet BLUE^®, pearls and pitfalls, and then finishing with teaching the time efficient Global FAST^®  POCUS Protocol of all its views, AFAST^®, TFAST^®  and Vet BLUE^®

Register today!  Class size is small so space is limited!

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• • Important Information Regarding Cancellations:  All course registration fees are non-refundable but Registration Fees may be applied to another future Global FAST® Course date. However, changes in course registration must be made at least 30 days prior to the enrolled class to avoid a $250 fee for rescheduling. Reenrollment is also subject to availability. If we have to cancel the course due to unknown or unforeseen circumstances, then fees may be refundable or transferred to another course date or online course bundle.If you have questions, please email Dr. Stephanie Lisciandro at  focusedvet@gmail.com for more information.  We hope to see you for Global FAST® training! – our new core skill for veterinary medicine.