OSCEs for the Final FFICM

Comprehensive coverage of key topics for the FFICM OSCE examination, based on actual exam questions and modelled to the curriculum.

Raj Nichani (Author), Brendan McGrath (Author)

9781107579453, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 28 July 2016

310 pages, 97 b/w illus. 29 colour illus. 58 tables
23.4 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.55 kg

This study guide includes in-depth coverage of past FFICM exam material, and is an invaluable resource for trainees preparing for the OSCE examination in intensive care medicine. A structured layout gives the reader clear and convenient access to a wealth of model questions and answers that can be used for quick-fire practice or more detailed study. The book is divided into four sections covering data interpretation, equipment, ethics and communication, and resuscitation and simulation. Questions have been matched to the curriculum, ensuring accurate and comprehensive revision guidance, and a sample marking scheme is provided to assist with exam preparation. Incorporating recommendations from the FFICM Court of Examiners, additional data analysis, images and ECGs are included to build on common areas of potential improvement.

Part I. Data Interpretation: 1. Acid base
2. Methaemoglobin
3. Infective diarrhoea and toxic megacolon
4. Major burn
5. Ruptured hemidiaphragm
6. Post cardiac arrest
7. Necrotising fasciitis
8. ARDS
9. Stridor
10. Hyponatraemia
11. Chest drain in liver
12. Interpretation of pulmonary function tests
13. Serotonin syndrome
14. Propofol infusion syndrome
15. Guillain-Barré syndrome
16. Epidural management
17. Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) MRSA pneumonia
18. Surviving (urological) sepsis
19. Ventilator associated pneumonia
20. Refeeding syndrome
21. Acute coronary syndrome and papillary muscle rupture
22. TTP/HUS
23. Subarachnoid haemorrhage
24. Post oesophagectomy anastomotic leak
25. Pulmonary embolism
26. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
27. Brainstem death
28. Tricyclic overdose
29. Chest pain assessment
30. Intra abdominal hypertension
31. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract
32. Bone marrow transplant
33. Acute kidney injury
34. Broncho-pleural fistula
35. Myasthenia gravis
36. RV infarct
37. Rhabdomyolysis
38. Cerebrovascular accident
39. Acute leukaemia
40. Diabetic keto acidosis
41. Failure to wean
42. Pleural effusion
43. ICU follow up clinic anaemia
44. Acute liver failure
45. Cirrhosis with upper GI bleeding
46. Sedation and sedation scoring
47. Encephalitis, epilepsy and MRI scans
48. Acute renal failure in a HIV positive man
49. Digoxin toxicity and cardiac pacing
50. Acute pancreatitis
51. Cortisol and thyroxine in the critically ill
52. TEG and major haemorrhage
53. Poisoning
54. ECG interpretation
55. CXR interpretation
Part II. Equipment: 1. Arterial lines
2. Tracheostomy weaning and communication
3. Bronchoscopy
4. Cooling devices
5. PA catheter
6. Naso gastric tubes
7. High flow nasal cannula
8. Cardiac output technologies
9. Catheter related blood stream infection and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus
10. Spinal needles
11. Capnography
12. Patient transfer
13. Tracheostomies
14. Central lines
15. Haemofiltration
16. Intra aortic balloon pump
Part III. Ethics and Communication: 1. Anaphylaxis
2. Pulmonary embolism
3. Malignant hyperpyrexia
4. Organ donation
5. End of life care
6. Muscular dystrophy
7. Delirium
8. Deterioration post discharge
9. Consent for tracheostomy
10. Blood transfusion
11. Alcoholic liver disease
12. Long QT
Part IV. Resuscitation: Introduction
1. Displaced airway
2. Child submersion
3. Child with seizures
4. Bleeding trauma with head injury
5. Asthma
6. Pregnancy and VF arrest
7. Chest opening on the ICU
8. Paediatric sepsis
9. Tracheostomy emergency
10. Anaphylaxis.

Subject Areas: Medical study & revision guides [MRG], Anaesthetics [MMB]