This 1-day-course is intended for all veterinarians wanting to being able to perform a quick scan to approach any emergency patient, without being an expert ultrasonographer. No experience is needed to follow this course and to asses the emergency patient via a FAST ultrasound scan.

Besides the basic principals of the FAST ultrasound imaging of abdomen and the thorax, the course will include lectures and echo features, as well as xray features, on abnormal findings in the critical patient.

In the practical sessions the course will cover achieving good imaging planes of critical areas of the abdomen and the thorax, so that you will be able to diagnose emergency situations on your own in your practice (such as ruptured organs, free fluid in the abdomen thorax and pericard and other major changes).

During the practical sessions the participants will rotate in small groups of 4 participants through different stations with experienced instructors where individual coaching of how to obtain good imaging planes is the main focus. A great opportunity to pick up the techniques of a FAST echocardiographic examination of the emergency patient in a one-on-one situation