The Final FFICM Structured Oral Examination Study Guide

FOREWORD

PREFACE

CONTRIBUTORS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Provision of services

Scoring systems

Transport of the critically ill patient

Critical incidents

Major incidents

Fire

SECTION 02 ORGAN SUPPORT

Eryl Ann Davies, Ozerah Choudhry, Samuel Ford, and Nina Hjelde

Mechanical ventilation

Proning

ECMO and ECCO₂R

Weaning

Fluids

Mechanical circulatory support

Pacing

Sedation

Cerebral monitoring

Temperature control

Nutrition

Stress ulcer prophylaxis

Extracorporeal liver support

Renal replacement therapy

Plasmapheresis

Rehabilitation

ARDS

Oxygen toxicity

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Sepsis

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Propofol infusion syndrome

Delirium

ICU-acquired weakness

Ophthalmological disorders

Poisoning overview

Mental health and critical care

Psychiatric medications

Drugs of abuse

Serotonin syndrome

Cardiovascular medicines

Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity

Environmental poisons

Difficult intubation

Stridor

Anaphylaxis

Aspiration and choking

Inhalational injury

Ludwig's angina

Massive haemoptysis

Tracheostomy emergencies

Laryngeal injury

Major trauma

Complex injuries

Major haemorrhage

Transfusion reactions

Drowning

Burns

Electrical injury

Gas embolism

Fat embolism syndrome

Hypothermia

Malignant hyperthermia

Emergency laparotomy

Splenic injury

Acute pancreatitis

Bowel obstruction and ileus

Necrotising fasciitis

Boerhaave syndrome

Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Compartment syndromes

Intestinal failure

The post-op free flap patient

The post-transplant patient

Cardiac advanced life support

Cardiac tamponade

Hypertension

Infective endocarditis

Acute coronary syndromes

Arrhythmias

Cardiomyopathies

Heart failure

Pulmonary hypertension

Aortic dissection

Air leak syndrome

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Traumatic brain injury

Intracerebral haemorrhage

Ischaemic stroke

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

Disorders of consciousness

Status epilepticus

Meningitis

Encephalitis

Tetanus and botulism

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Myaesthenia gravis

Other neuromuscular disorders

Spinal cord injury

The post-op major spinal patient

The pregnant critical care patient

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Major obstetric haemorrhage

Maternal sepsis

Amniotic fluid embolism

Obstetric cardiac arrest

Bronchiolitis

Congenital heart disease

Diabetic ketoacidosis in children

Neonatal life support

Paediatric resuscitation

Paediatric sepsis

Paediatric trauma

PIMS-TS

Toxic shock syndrome

Antimicrobial stewardship

Bacterial infection

Viral infection

Fungal infection

Nosocomial infection

HIV

Malaria

Other rare infections

Asthma

Bronchiectasis

Community-acquired pneumonia

COPD

COVID-19

Pleural effusion

Pulmonary embolism

Restrictive lung disease

Sleep breathing disorders

Tuberculosis

Acute kidney injury

Chronic kidney disease

Electrolyte disorders

Rhabdomyolysis

Sodium disorders

Acute liver failure

Chronic liver disease

Diarrhoea

Inflammatory bowel disease

Gastrointestinal haemorrhage

Refeeding syndrome

Bleeding and clotting disorders

Haematological malignancy

Haemoglobinopathies

Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

Heparin induced thrombocytopaenia

Porphyria

Thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura

Adrenocortical disorders

Diabetes emergencies

Phaeochromocytoma

Pituitary disease

Thyroid crises

Dermatology

Rheumatology

Oncology

Prognostication

Withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment

Death

Diagnosis of death by neurological criteria

Donation after brain-stem death

Donation after circulatory death

Biography

Eryl Davies BSc (Hons) MBChB PGCert FRCA FFICM is a dual trainee in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia. She is based in the North West and holds postgraduate qualifications in medical education. Her experiences with the FFICM, FRCA and MRCP examinations have allowed her to tailor this study guide to the FFICM candidate.