Part One
Part One is a fantastic new FOAM resource created by Jake Barlow for critical care trainees preparing for basic science examinations, specifically the CICM and ANZCA first part examinations held in Australasia.
Category Basic Science
Calcium Metabolism
Calcium: highly regulated cation
involved in: cell death, duration and strength of cardiac muscle contraction, muscle contraction in blood vessels, airways and uterus, coagulation, bone metabolism, neurotransmitter and hormone release…
Tissue Oxygenation Assessment
Tissue Oxygenation Assessment
Physiology of Pregnancy
Physiology of Pregnancy
Physiological Changes At Birth
Physiological Changes At Birth
Alteplase (rtPA)
Alteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction and PE
Tenecteplase (TNK-tPA)
Tenecteplase is a tissue plasminogen activator used as a thrombolytic medication in: Acute Ischaemic Strokes, Acute Myocardial Infarction, PE
Cardiac Output Measurement
Cardiac output; Adolf Eugen Fick (1829-1901) in 1870, was the first to measure cardiac output; assumes oxygen consumption is a function of rate of blood flow and rate of oxygen pick pick up by RBC’s.
Verdant waste
You manage a young male with a subarachnoid haemorrhage. You are called to review because the patient has started to pass green urine
How Green is my urine
Casual perusal of the output from a patients indwelling catheter revelaed green urine. What are the commonest causes of this unusual urine?
Chemistry Basics: Density
Density – Archimedes and the Gold Crown;
Chemistry Basics: Significant Figures
Significant Figures - Significant Zero; Addition ; Subtraction; Multiplication; Division