As prepared by Chris Nickson, here are the practice questions from today’s written exam practice session at The Alfred ICU, with recommended reading from LITF.com’s Critical Care Compendium and other FOAM sources:
Q2.
List the features on ultrasonography which are consistent with each of the following diagnoses (include relevant positive and negative findings):
- pneumothorax
- myocardial infarction
- cardiac tamponade>
- aortic dissection
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Q3.
A 40 year-old morbidly obese man has sustained multiple traumatic injuries as a result of a motor vehicle accident.
- List 4 differences in the pattern of blunt traumatic injury in the morbidly obese, compared to the non-obese? (20%)
- Outline the effects of morbid obesity on the assessment and management of multi-trauma (80%)
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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