Here are the practice questions from today’s written exam practice session led by Sarah Yong at The Alfred ICU, with recommended reading from Lifeinthefastlane.com’s Critical Care Compendium and ICUPrimaryPrep:
Q1.
Describe the cardiovascular changes during pregnancy
Learn more here:
- https://icuprimaryprep.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/q19-describe-the-cardiovascular-changes-during-pregnancy-sept-2013.pdf
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/physiology-of-pregnancy/
(Q19 Sept 2013,4 candidates passed (14.8%), Q4 Sept 2010)
Q2.
For each of the following antidotes, outline the indication, class and pharmacodynamic aspects, including mechanism of action and adverse effects.
a) Naloxone
b) Flumazenil
c) N-acetyl cysteine
Learn more here:
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/critical-care-drugs/naloxone/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/naloxone/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/critical-care-drugs/flumazenil/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/flumazenil/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/acute-paracetamol-toxicity/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/tox-library/antidote/n-acetylcysteine/
- http://lifeinthefastlane.com/book/critical-care-drugs/acetylcysteine/
(Q6 March 2011, Q1 Sept 2013)
Syllabus
- Obstetric physiology (W1)
- Toxicology: antidotes (p38)
You can access all the previous practice questions since 2015 here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r8JTbV6lEzMg7I0R5fCwPMaIY3elNobgcQy-bCt7F4M/edit?usp=sharing
See this link on INTENSIVE for exam resources:
https://intensiveblog.com/resources/#3