CICM Second Part Exam Practice SAQs 28062017

As prepared by Trent Hartshorne, here are the practice written questions from this week’s CICM Second Part exam practice session at The Alfred ICU, with recommended reading from LITF.com’s Critical Care Compendium and other FOAM sources:

Q1.

A 54 year man presents to ED with a single episode of syncope. He subsequently develops Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) and requires defibrillation and 2 minutes of CPR to achieve ROSC. He in intubated and arrives to the ICU.

Outline your approach to assessment of this patient.

Learn more here:

Ventricular Tachycardia

Ventricular Tachycardia – Monomorphic

Advanced Life Support

Post Cardiac Arrest Care

Prognosis After Cardiac Arrest

Q2.

Describe the aetiology, physiological consequences and clinical findings of abdominal compartment syndrome.

Learn more here:

Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Intra-abdominal Hypertension

Q3.

 

A 78 year-old woman patient presents with serum sodium of 117mmol/L.

Outline the pathophysiology and causes of hyponatremia in this patient.

Learn more here:

Hyponatraemia


You can access all the previous practice questions since 2014 here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Ta8IvVaVtc5Il7-kJwj6qKGu54OmifJGRUWCXud8dY/edit
See this link on INTENSIVE for exam resources:
https://intensiveblog.com/resources/#3

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