CICM Second Part Exam Practice SAQs 21062017

As prepared by  Dash Gantner, here are the practice written questions from a recent 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 junior trainee in distress has asked to speak to you regarding a medical error she has committed that has resulted in a life-threatening adverse outcome for the patient.

Outline the key points of the initial discussion with the trainee.

Learn more here:

Communications Viva

Open Disclosure

http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h1982/

Q2.

A 40 year old male, with no significant past medical history, has a severe head injury following a motor vehicle accident one week previously. It is deemed that he has a non survivable injury, although he is not brain dead. The wife has raised the possibility of organ donation post circulatory death (DCD). In your conversation with his wife about donation after cardiac death, outline the important discussion points about DCD.

Learn more here:

Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)


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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