Point of Care Ultrasound in cats the importance of FAST scan

Course Description

Introducing the applications and benefits of Veterinary Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma FAST Exams: A Game-Changer in Animal Healthcare!

Discover the revolutionary world of POCUS and FAST exams. POCUS, a real-time ultrasonography assessment, enables vets to answer critical questions within minutes. FAST exams focus on detecting free fluid in body cavities and pneumothorax, while POCUS offers a broader range of real-time assessments.

The application of the POCUS exam varies:

    1. Triage POCUS uses the minimum number of views possible to identify the most immediate life threatening conditions
    2. Serial POCUS is applied to monitor progression, resolution of pathology and response to therapy
    3. Systemic or multiorgan POCUS is performed in stable patients to detect asymptomatic conditions, new developments and to ensure sonographically detectable problems have not arisen before undertaking procedures, anesthesia or discharge
    4. Interventional POCUS is used to reduce complications of procedures.

Take the leap into advanced diagnostics with POCUS and FAST exams. Join the POCUS revolution today!

Course Content

  • Introduction to Veterinary Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) and Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exams.
  • General applications of POCUS and FAST
  • Comparison of formal and FAST exams
  • General indications and limitations to perform POCUS and FAST exams
  • Abdominal FAST: Patient Positioning- machine settings- technique in feline patients
  • Pitfalls of abdominal FAST and free abdominal fluid
  • Pleura and Lung Ultrasound (PLUS).
  • Cardiac POCUS
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Søren Boysen

DVM, DACVECC, Professor, Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Department of Veterinary Clinical and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary

Søren obtained his DVM from the University of Saskatchewan, completed a small animal internship at the Atlantic Veterinary College, and a residency at Tufts University, becoming a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care in 2003. He is the former Chief of Small Animal Emergency and Critical Care at the University of Montreal and currently a Full Professor of at the University of Calgary. Through active service on several veterinary committees, and collaborations through research, book chapters and journal publications he continues to promote veterinary ECC and point-of-care ultrasound around the world. Along with point-of-care ultrasound, his research interests include hemorrhage, coagulation, and perfusion.

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