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The use of standardized templates is imperative not only for communication of AFAST findings between veterinarians but also for the attending clinician evaluating serial findings (Figure 7.16). Goal‐directed templates also clearly define objectives, which is especially important in teaching hospitals and referral hospitals with multiple disciplines of practice including emergency and critical care, cardiology, and radiology. Being goal driven, these standardized templates also accelerate the learning curve and discipline the sonographer by making them look at certain aspects of the target organs (into the thorax for pleural and pericardial effusion [DH view]; looking at the hepatic veins for venous congestion [DH view]). The “Comments” allows for any findings outside the goal‐driven standard format to be listed, for example suspect a urinary bladder stone or mass, suspect a splenic mass, etc. Finally, the AFAST protocol and its strengths and weaknesses may be evaluated and improved upon with recorded data. Suggested templates for medical records are shown in Chapter 45 and Appendix I.