E-FAST Ultrasound Training Curriculum for Prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Clinicians
Audience and Type of Curriculum: Audience and type of curriculum: This hybrid, asynchronous curriculum is designed for prehospital clinician colleagues, including but not limited to emergency medical technicians (EMT), advanced EMTs (AEMT), EMT-paramedics (EMT-P), critical care EMT-Ps (CCEMTP), critical care transport nurses (CCTN), and certified flight registered nurses (CFRN) to learn and practice ultrasound fundamentals in the setting of a standardized extended focused assessment with sonography in trauma (EFAST) exam.
Length of Curriculum: Over a five-month curriculum, learners will perform a pre-test, review online module lectures, attend an ultrasound scanning workshop, and perform post-test examinations.
Introduction: The extended-focused assessment with sonography in trauma (E-FAST) exam can identify intrathoracic and intraabdominal free fluid, as well as pneumothoraces. The E-FAST ultrasound exam has previously been taught to clinicians of various backgrounds in healthcare including emergency medical service (EMS). However, an open-access, systemized curriculum for teaching E-FAST exams to EMS clinicians has not been published.
Educational Goals: By the end of these training activities, prehospital EMS learners will be able to demonstrate foundational ultrasound skillsin scanning, interpretation, and artifact recognition by identifying pertinent organs and anatomically relevant structures for an E-FAST examination. Learners will differentiate between normal and pathologic E-FAST ultrasound images by identifying the presence of free fluid and lung sliding. Learners will also explain the clinical significance and application of detecting free fluid during an EFAST scan.
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Work Title | E-FAST Ultrasound Training Curriculum for Prehospital Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Clinicians |
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Publication Date | January 9, 2024 |
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Deposited | November 16, 2024 |
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