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Pericardial effusion brings up a fascinating change in teaching paradigms because a more effective first‐line screening test is being used since the FAST movement began in 2004 (Boysen et al. 2004; Lisciandro 2014a,b, 2016a). We were screening with less sensitive imaging, using thoracic radiography, an unreliable test (Guglielmini et al. 2012; Côté et al. 2013; Lisciandro 2016a). Before FAST, the patient was only diagnosed if they were scheduled for echocardiography or CT. As a case in point, the author's practice documented three cases of PCE in 2005 before AFAST‐TFAST and 28 cases in 2012 (Lisciandro 2014a,b, 2016a). Why the difference? Simply, we were using the wrong test (Guglielmini et al. 2012; Côté et al. 2013). Ultrasound is arguably the gold standard test for PCE.