ABSTRACT
This book is the definitive guide to the Final Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FFICM) Structured Oral Examination. With a broad coverage of the clinical curriculum, it equips candidates to tackle this challenging examination. Each chapter contains sample questions with concise answers, focusing on key concepts to facilitate deeper understanding. The content is organised by subject, enabling more structured revision in an easy-to-use format. This text provides references to guidance that will remain relevant in the ever-changing landscape of intensive care medicine. Not only is this book an essential resource for studying intensivists but it also forms a useful reference for any professional encountering the world of critical care in their practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Section 1|18 pages
Organisational Issues
chapter 1|2 pages
Provision of Services
chapter 2|3 pages
Scoring Systems
chapter 3|3 pages
Transport of the Critically Ill Patient
chapter 4|3 pages
Critical Incidents
chapter 5|4 pages
Major Incidents
chapter 6|3 pages
Fire
part Section 2|58 pages
Organ Support
chapter 7|4 pages
Mechanical Ventilation
chapter 8|3 pages
Proning
chapter 9|6 pages
Ecmo and Ecco2R
chapter 10|5 pages
Weaning
chapter 11|3 pages
Fluids
chapter 12|3 pages
Mechanical Circulatory Support
chapter 13|4 pages
Pacing
chapter 14|4 pages
Sedation
chapter 15|4 pages
Cerebral Monitoring
chapter 16|3 pages
Temperature Control
chapter 17|4 pages
Nutrition
chapter 18|2 pages
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis
chapter 19|1 pages
Extracorporeal Liver Support
chapter 20|6 pages
Renal Replacement Therapy
chapter 21|2 pages
Plasmapheresis
chapter 22|4 pages
Rehabilitation
part Section 3|30 pages
On the Icu
chapter 23|4 pages
Ards
chapter 24|2 pages
Oxygen Toxicity
chapter 25|3 pages
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
chapter 26|8 pages
Sepsis
chapter 27|4 pages
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
chapter 28|2 pages
Propofol Infusion Syndrome
chapter 29|3 pages
Delirium
chapter 30|2 pages
Icu-Acquired Weakness
chapter 31|2 pages
Ophthalmological Disorders
part Section 4|24 pages
Toxicology
chapter 32|3 pages
Poisoning Overview
chapter 33|3 pages
Mental Health and Critical Care
chapter 34|3 pages
Psychiatric Medications
chapter 35|4 pages
Recreational Drugs
chapter 36|3 pages
Serotonin Syndrome
chapter 37|2 pages
Cardiovascular Medicines
chapter 38|2 pages
Local Anaesthetic Systemic Toxicity
chapter 39|4 pages
Environmental Poisons
part Section 5|28 pages
Airway
chapter 40|3 pages
Difficult Intubation
chapter 41|3 pages
Stridor
chapter 42|4 pages
Anaphylaxis
chapter 43|2 pages
Aspiration and Choking
chapter 44|3 pages
Inhalational Injury
chapter 45|2 pages
Ludwig's Angina
chapter 46|2 pages
Massive Haemoptysis
chapter 47|4 pages
Tracheostomy Emergencies
chapter 48|5 pages
Laryngeal Injury
part Section 6|38 pages
Resuscitation
chapter 49|5 pages
Major Trauma
chapter 50|3 pages
Complex Injuries
chapter 51|7 pages
Major Haemorrhage
chapter 52|2 pages
Transfusion Reactions
chapter 53|3 pages
Drowning
chapter 54|4 pages
Burns
chapter 55|2 pages
Electrical Injury
chapter 56|3 pages
Gas Embolism
chapter 57|2 pages
Fat Embolism Syndrome
chapter 58|2 pages
Hypothermia
chapter 59|5 pages
Malignant Hyperthermia
part Section 7|26 pages
Surgery
chapter 60|2 pages
Emergency Laparotomy
chapter 61|2 pages
Splenic Injury
chapter 62|2 pages
Acute Pancreatitis
chapter 63|2 pages
Bowel Obstruction and Ileus
chapter 64|2 pages
Necrotising Fasciitis
chapter 65|3 pages
Boerhaave Syndrome
chapter 66|3 pages
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
chapter 67|3 pages
Compartment Syndromes
chapter 68|2 pages
Intestinal Failure
chapter 69|2 pages
The Post-Op Free Flap Patient
chapter 70|3 pages
The Post-Transplant Patient
part Section 8|40 pages
Cardiothoracics
chapter 71|2 pages
Cardiac Advanced Life Support
chapter 72|2 pages
Cardiac Tamponade
chapter 73|3 pages
Hypertension
chapter 74|3 pages
Infective Endocarditis
chapter 75|6 pages
Acute Coronary Syndromes
chapter 76|4 pages
Arrhythmias
chapter 77|4 pages
Cardiomyopathies
chapter 78|6 pages
Heart Failure
chapter 79|4 pages
Pulmonary Hypertension
chapter 80|2 pages
Aortic Dissection
chapter 81|4 pages
Air Leak Syndrome
part Section 9|56 pages
Neurosciences
chapter 82|5 pages
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
chapter 83|7 pages
Traumatic Brain Injury
chapter 84|4 pages
Intracerebral Haemorrhage
chapter 85|6 pages
Ischaemic Stroke
chapter 86|2 pages
Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis
chapter 87|3 pages
Disorders of Consciousness
chapter 88|3 pages
Status Epilepticus
chapter 89|4 pages
Meningitis
chapter 90|3 pages
Encephalitis
chapter 91|3 pages
Tetanus and Botulism
chapter 92|3 pages
Guillain-Barré Syndrome
chapter 93|3 pages
Myaesthenia Gravis
chapter 94|3 pages
Other Neuromuscular Disorders
chapter 95|3 pages
Spinal Cord Injury
chapter 96|4 pages
The Post-Op Major Spinal Patient
part Section 10|18 pages
Obstetrics
chapter 97|4 pages
The Pregnant Critical Care Patient
chapter 98|4 pages
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
chapter 99|3 pages
Major Obstetric Haemorrhage
chapter 100|3 pages
Maternal Sepsis
chapter 101|2 pages
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
chapter 102|2 pages
Obstetric Cardiac Arrest
part Section 11|22 pages
Paediatrics
chapter 103|2 pages
Bronchiolitis
chapter 104|3 pages
Congenital Heart Disease
chapter 105|1 pages
Diabetic Ketoacidosis In Children
chapter 106|3 pages
Neonatal Life Support
chapter 107|1 pages
Paediatric Resuscitation
chapter 108|3 pages
Paediatric Sepsis
chapter 109|3 pages
Paediatric Trauma
chapter 110|2 pages
Pims-Ts
chapter 111|4 pages
Toxic Shock Syndrome
part Section 12|28 pages
Microbiology
chapter 112|2 pages
Antimicrobial Stewardship
chapter 113|3 pages
Bacterial Infection
chapter 114|4 pages
Viral Infection
chapter 115|3 pages
Fungal Infection
chapter 116|3 pages
Nosocomial Infection
chapter 117|5 pages
HIV
chapter 118|2 pages
Malaria
chapter 119|6 pages
Other Rare Infections
part Section 13|110 pages
Medicine
chapter 120|3 pages
Asthma
chapter 121|3 pages
Bronchiectasis
chapter 122|3 pages
Community-Acquired Pneumonia
chapter 123|4 pages
Copd
chapter 124|6 pages
Covid-19
chapter 125|2 pages
Pleural Effusion
chapter 126|3 pages
Pulmonary Embolism
chapter 127|3 pages
Restrictive Lung Disease
chapter 128|2 pages
Sleep Breathing Disorders
chapter 129|2 pages
Tuberculosis
chapter 130|5 pages
Acute Kidney Injury
chapter 131|2 pages
Chronic Kidney Disease
chapter 132|4 pages
Electrolyte Disorders
chapter 133|2 pages
Rhabdomyolysis
chapter 134|3 pages
Sodium Disorders
chapter 135|6 pages
Acute Liver Failure
chapter 136|4 pages
Chronic Liver Disease
chapter 137|3 pages
Diarrhoea
chapter 138|3 pages
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
chapter 139|4 pages
Gastrointestinal Haemorrhage
chapter 140|2 pages
Refeeding Syndrome
chapter 141|2 pages
Bleeding and Clotting Disorders
chapter 142|3 pages
Haematological Malignancy
chapter 143|2 pages
Haemoglobinopathies
chapter 144|2 pages
Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
chapter 145|3 pages
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopaenia
chapter 146|2 pages
Porphyria
chapter 147|3 pages
Thrombotic Thrombocytopaenic Purpura
chapter 148|3 pages
Adrenocortical Disorders
chapter 149|5 pages
Diabetes Emergencies
chapter 150|2 pages
Phaeochromocytoma
chapter 151|2 pages
Pituitary Disease
chapter 152|2 pages
Thyroid Crises
chapter 153|3 pages
Dermatology
chapter 154|2 pages
Rheumatology
chapter 155|5 pages
Oncology
part Section 14|18 pages
Palliative Care