Here are the practice questions contributed by Josh Ihle from a recent written exam practice session at The Alfred ICU, with recommended reading from Lifeinthefastlane.com’s Critical Care Compendium:
Q1.
Define brain death and explain your approach to confirming the diagnosis
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Q2.
Define ‘volume responsiveness’ and outline different techniques that can be used to determine if a patient is ‘volume responsive’
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Q3.
Describe your approach to a patient with a suspected overdose
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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