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In this scenario, a rapid, reproducible, portable, and noninvasive method such as ultrasound emerged, directed for detecting hemopericardium, hemoperitoneum, and hemopneumothorax, in a \u201cpoint of care\u201d modality, known as the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) protocol. With decades of experience, spread worldwide, and recommended by the most prestigious trauma care guidelines, FAST is a bedside ultrasound to be performed when accessing circulation issues of trauma patients. It is indicated to hemodynamically unstable patients with blunt abdominal trauma, with penetrating trauma of the thoracoabdominal transition (where there is doubt of penetrating the abdominal cavity) and for any patient with the cause of the instability unknown. There are four regions to be examined in the traditional FAST protocol: pericardium (to detect cardiac tamponade), right upper abdominal quadrant, left upper abdominal quadrant, and pelvis (to detect hemoperitoneum). The called extended FAST (e-FAST) protocol also searches the pleural spaces for hemothorax and pneumothorax. It is important to know the false positives and false negatives of the protocol, as well as its limitations. FAST\/e-FAST protocol is designed to provide a simple \u201cyes or no\u201d answer regarding the presence of bleeding. It is not intended to quantify the bleeding nor evaluate organ lesions due to its limited accuracy for these purposes. Moreover, the amount of bleeding and\/or the identification of organ lesions will not change patient\u2019s management: Hemodynamically unstable patients with positive FAST must go to the operating room without delay. 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