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FASTVet We offer online and in-person courses teaching Global FAST Point of Care Ultrasound. FASTvet.com provides online ultrasound support for veterinary sonographers.

FASTVet.com provides educational resources for veterinary professionals that want to learn ultrasound as an everyday essential skill in their veterinary practice. We provide training for veterinarians including online courses, video library and bi-weekly blogs. We also train veterinarians in focused ultrasound techniques including abdominal FAST, thoracic FAST and lung ultrasound. The training is

ideal for non-radiologist veterinarians including emergency veterinarians, internists, and general practitioners and will revolutionize your use of ultrasound to improve patient care in you practice.

06/24/2026

Answer – The answer is A) - This Vet BLUE® profile supports the working diagnosis of Non-cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) from electrocution.
Explanation - This is a Vet BLUE® classic having "wet lung" symmetrically in the upper non-gravity dependent Vet BLUE® Caudodorsal and Perihilar lung regions.
A radiograph can wait until the patient is stabilized and transportation and restraint in radiology is less risky for the patient using the Vet BLUE® findings and its rapid (< 60 seconds) point-of-care working diagnosis.
There is an inherent severity score using Vet BLUE® that also may be followed through repeat imaging sparing expense and time in radiology.
The author was the very first in veterinary medicine to use proactive Vet BLUE® lung ultrasound as part of the physical exam beginning in the year 2010.
Vet BLUE® is a unique regional, pattern-based approach that is easy to understand and used to quickly develop with a working respiratory diagnosis.
Take our Online Vet BLUE® 8-hour RACE-approved Course at https://fastvet.com/course/vet-blue-lung-ultrasound-course/ and start doing Vet BLUE® today!

🫁 FREE RESOURCE: Vet BLUE® and Its Acronym and How to Perform Its ViewsIf you assess respiratory patients, this is a mus...
06/23/2026

🫁 FREE RESOURCE: Vet BLUE® and Its Acronym and How to Perform Its Views

If you assess respiratory patients, this is a must-watch webinar short.
Vet BLUE® is a unique, proactive regional lung ultrasound exam designed to help clinicians quickly and effectively evaluate patients with respiratory disease and congestive heart failure. Learn how to use ultrasound as your new stethoscope 🩺

Vet BLUE® allows you to LOOK for pathology instead of simply listening for it. In this free webinar short, you'll discover:

✔️ How to perform Vet BLUE® views
✔️ The Vet BLUE® acronym and regional approach
✔️ How to identify B-lines associated with edema, pneumonia, and hemorrhage
✔️ How to assess for nodules, consolidation, masses, and pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE)
✔️ The FASTVet Visual Lung Language for more confident lung ultrasound interpretation

Vet BLUE® complements thoracic radiography and can help improve your assessment of respiratory patients by providing real-time information at the point of care.

Watch the free webinar short here: https://fastvet.com/ettinger-9th-edition-webinar-shorts-02-vet-blue-its-acronym-and-how-to-perform-its-views/

06/17/2026

Answer – The answer is A) - This Vet BLUE® profile supports the working diagnosis of Non-cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) from electrocution.

Explanation - This is a Vet BLUE® classic having "wet lung" symmetrically in the upper non-gravity dependent Vet BLUE® Caudodorsal and Perihilar lung regions.

A radiograph can wait until the patient is stabilized and transportation and restraint in radiology is less risky for the patient using the Vet BLUE® findings and its rapid (< 60 seconds) point-of-care working diagnosis.

There is an inherent severity score using Vet BLUE® that also may be followed through repeat imaging sparing expense and time in radiology.

The author was the very first in veterinary medicine to use proactive Vet BLUE® lung ultrasound as part of the physical exam beginning in the year 2010.

Vet BLUE® is a unique regional, pattern-based approach that is easy to understand and used to quickly develop with a working respiratory diagnosis.

Take our Online Vet BLUE® 8-hour RACE-approved Course at https://fastvet.com/course/vet-blue-lung-ultrasound-course/ and start doing Vet BLUE® today!

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this live webinar on using TFAST⁠® to improve patient care!This members-only liv...
06/13/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this live webinar on using TFAST⁠® to improve patient care!

This members-only live webinar is now uploaded and available for all FASTVet Premium Members. During this webinar, Dr. Greg Lisciandro covers how to use TFAST⁠® Point-of-Care Ultrasound to accurately diagnose pleural effusion and pericardial effusion. This 50-minute webinar includes information on:

✔ ️ Fundamental right-sided and left-sided echo views and how to use them for patient assessment for dogs with chronic valvular disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, and pulmonary hypertension and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in cats

✔️How to apply the EPIC guidelines from the Cardiac Education Group for management of early chronic valvular disease dogs regarding when to start therapy with Pimobendan

✔ ️ Imaging the caudal vena cava and lung as fallback views to assess for right -sided and left-sided heart failure respectively.
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📩 FASTVet Premium members will receive a registration link via email!⁠
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👉 Not a member yet? Sign up for a premium membership today to access this webinar (and many more valuable learning opportunities) for just $99 per year!⁠ Join today: https://fastvet.com/membership-access/
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06/11/2026

Answers – This is a Vet BLUE® "Wedge Sign." The "Wedge Sign" is 1 of the 4 Vet BLUE® Signs of consolidation that also include the "Shred Sign", "Tissue Sign", and "Nodule Sign."

A "Wedge Sign" is hallmarked by the "wedge-shaped" periphery finding off the "Lung Line" that is an amalgam of the "Shred Sign" and "Tissue Sign" and when present where pneumonia is unexpected, i.e., Vet BLUE® Caudodorsal and Perihilar views, then pulmonary thromboembolism should be considered in the differential.

This case was one of the author's cases in 2018 and published as Lisciandro G, Puchot M, Gambino J, and Lisciandro S, in JVECC 2021.

Take our Online Vet BLUE® 8-hour RACE-approved Course at https://fastvet.com/course/vet-blue-lung-ultrasound-course/ and start doing Vet BLUE® today!

Why become a FASTVet Premium Member? For just $99 annually, you’ll have access to our vast library of resources AND excl...
06/11/2026

Why become a FASTVet Premium Member? For just $99 annually, you’ll have access to our vast library of resources AND exclusive access to our live webinars and RACE-approved CE.

⏰ Don’t wait! Become a member before our next live webinar: Vet BLUE® Point-of-Care Ultrasound – Your Ultrasound Probe Is Your New Visual Stethoscope⁠ 👉 This 50-minute session will cover how to perform Vet BLUE® and clinically apply lung ultrasound to improve patient care.⁠
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Participants will learn how Vet BLUE® helps assess respiratory disease, congestive heart failure, pneumonia, pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE), hemorrhage, and other forms of interstitial lung fluid using FASTVet’s Visual Lung Language and Global FAST® evidence-based information. During this webinar, you will:⁠
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✔️ Learn how to assess for B-lines, nodules, consolidation, masses, and PTE⁠
✔️ Understand how to rapidly rule out left-sided CHF⁠
✔️ Learn the Vet BLUE® difference between feline asthma and left-sided CHF⁠
✔️ Explore the Global FAST® approach for volume status assessment⁠
✔️ Review non-echo fallback views for left- and right-sided heart problems⁠
✔️ Improve image acquisition skills while learning common pitfalls and artifacts⁠
✔️ Discover how Vet BLUE® complements and helps clarify thoracic radiography⁠
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📩 FASTVet Premium members will receive a registration link via email!⁠
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06/10/2026

This is a Vet BLUE® "Nodule Sign." The "Nodule Sign" is 1 of the 4 Vet BLUE® Signs of consolidation that also include the "Shred Sign", "Tissue Sign", and "Wedge Sign."

A "Nodule Sign" is hallmarked by a dark (hypoechoic to anechoic) circular or oval structure(s) in contact with the "Lung Line" that moves with phases of respiration and has a "Pseudo B-line" extending from its far border through the far field.

This finding supports these differentials not in any order - 1) granulomas due to fungal disease, verminous disease (heartworm in dogs, lungworms in cats), and less commonly bacterial rarely viral, 2) neoplastic, and 3) abscess from inhaled or migrating foreign body, or penetrating wounds.

The term "Pseudo B-line" has been published by the author and used when non-fluid substrates result in this vertical artifact, i.e., soft tissue nodules, and semi-solids as kibble in the stomach, "Pseudo-gastric B-lines."

"True B-lines" include the author's mantra of "water, blood or pus" in other words "water" as cardiogenic and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema, "blood" as lung hemorrhage including lung contusions in trauma, and "pus" as pneumonias.

This image was from one of the author's cases in 2012.

Take our 2026 updated Online Vet BLUE® 8-hour RACE-approved Course at https://fastvet.com/course/vet-blue-lung-ultrasound-course/ and start doing Vet BLUE® today!

06/05/2026

Answers – A "Tissue Sign" is hallmarked by the absence of bright white (hyperechoic) punctate and linear areas within the lung parenchyma that represent air bronchograms making lung appear like liver (called "hepatization of lung" in older radiology textbooks), thus the term "Tissue Sign."

This finding supports these differentials not in any order - lung lobe torsion, severe pneumonia, neoplasia, and severe atelectasis.

Some Important Points: The depth setting is cutting off the pathology in the far-field. Have enough depth by clearly seeing the far-field and periphery of the suspect pathology. Using our rule of thumb for depth is "L-U'N'G" has 4 letters so use 4-8cm as a range of depth for smaller to larger patients. In larger dogs even 9-11cm is appropriate. In this manner artifacts and pathology may be seen through the far-field. In too close, too shallow depth, risks misinterpretations.

Note the date of February 8, 2014, well before anyone in veterinary medicine was using proactive lung ultrasound as part of the physical exam.

Take our Online Vet BLUE® 8-hour RACE-approved Course at https://fastvet.com/course/vet-blue-lung-ultrasound-course/ and start doing Vet BLUE® today!

06/02/2026

Answers – This is a Vet BLUE® "Tissue Sign." The "Tissue Sign" is 1 of the 4 Vet BLUE® Signs of consolidation that also include "Shred Sign", "Nodule Sign", and "Wedge Sign."
A "Tissue Sign" is hallmarked by the absence of bright white (hyperechoic) punctate and linear areas within the lung parenchyma that represent air bronchograms making lung appear like liver (called "hepatization of lung" in older radiology textbooks), thus the term "Tissue Sign."
This finding supports these differentials not in any order - lung lobe torsion, severe pneumonia, neoplasia, and severe atelectasis.
Note the date of February 8, 2014, well before anyone in veterinary medicine was using proactive lung ultrasound as part of the physical exam.

Take our Online Vet BLUE® 8-hour RACE-approved Course at https://fastvet.com/course/vet-blue-lung-ultrasound-course/ and start doing Vet BLUE® today!

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