The following set of questions relate to invasive arterial blood pressure monitoring.

Question You are the Intensivist looking after a 30-year-old male, with no significant past medical history, who has been in the Intensive Care Unit for eight days with severe community acquired pneumonia and septic shock. Although there are no overt…

A 60-year old male with no significant past medical history has been treated in your ICU for 21 days for severe staphylococcal sepsis and multi-organ failure, for which he is receiving linezolid.

You are called to assist with a 12-year-old child, brought in to the Emergency Department unconscious, following near drowning at a local beach. Outline your immediate management.

Questions 18. A previously fit and well 24 year old man sustained an isolated C5-C6 spinal injury following a diving accident resulting in a tetraplegia. The spinal fracture was surgically fixed the following day and the patient was extubated on…

Question A two-week-old baby is brought to your general ICU in extremis pending transfer to a paediatric centre. Born at term, she had been discharged well on day 5 of life. For three days she has had progressive tachypnoea, lethargy…

With respect to the clinical assessment of a patient presenting with a severe burn injury sustained in a house fire:

Questions 13.1. Apart from vancomycin, list three antibiotics that have activity against hospital acquired methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). 13.2 List an example of each of the three main classes of systemic antifungal agents. 13.3. Briefly outline the dosing adjustment…