Question A health care worker, recently returned from West Africa, presents to the Emergency Department with fevers, vomiting and diarrhoea. Her vital signs are normal on presentation. Blood tests have not been taken, and venous access has not been established.Your…

A 45-year-old male is admitted to the Emergency Department after ingesting an unknown quantity of “headache tablets”. His initial complaints are nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath and tinnitus. Fluid resuscitation has been commenced.

Question 6. A 20 year old primi-gravida presents at 37 weeks gestation with jaundice, headache, blurred vision and hypertension (140/90mmHg). The antenatal period was otherwise unremarkable. She is febrile, drowsy, pale, icteric and has pedal oedema. The uterus is palpated…

Question With respect to pathological conditions of the spinal cord, list 2 causes of and the clinical findings for each of the following syndromes: Complete cord transection Cord hemisection Central cord syndrome Anterior cord syndrome (anterior spinal artery syndrome) Cauda…

Chest compression only CPR should replace the current guidelines on CPR. Critically evaluate this statement.

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: