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Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (commonly abbreviated as FAST) is considered for patients with blunt abdominal trauma as the gold standard for accident assessment in site. This method is increasingly used even by not radiologists professionals, as well as by nurses who works in emergency settings. This systematic review is aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of ultrasound FAST performed by nurses in emergencies department. Seven databases of primary and secondary literature as well as three national journals relevant to the field were consulted. The review was conducted between March and August 2011 developing 9 search strings. Articles have been critically reviewed by two authors independently. No restriction on language or time of publication have been used. A total of 4767 documents were displayed, of those only 4 were considered to be reviewed. A total of 1035 FAST ultrasound performed by nurses were included. The results show that the use of ultrasound FAST performed by trained nurses is very effective, with a sensitivity of 84% (95% CI 72.1-92.2) and a specificity of 97.37% (95% CI 92.55-99.10) . Practice execution time was an average of 156 seconds (2.6 minutes), median time of 138 seconds (range = 76 to 357). Just one study specified the training course that nurses were required to attend. To sum up, FAST ultrasound performed by nurses have an important role in emergencies management as well as in triage setting as valid screening tool.

L’utilizzo della tecnica ad ultrasuoni FAST eseguita dagli infermieri del Dipartimento di Emergenza: una revisione sistematica