As prepared by Trent Hartshorne, 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) What are the hemodynamic implications of managing a patient with severe ARDS?
b) How can these be minimised?
Q2.
Outline your approach to the management of massive haemoptysis.
Learn more here:
https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/haemoptysis/
Q3.
a) What are the echo features of severe aortic stenosis?
b) What are the types of severe aortic stenosis?
c) What are the limitations/difficulties of severity assessment on echo specific to ICU patients?
Learn more here:
https://lifeinthefastlane.com/ccc/aortic-stenosis-echocardiography/
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