Intensive Care Medicine

Domain 1. Resuscitation and management of the acutely ill patient: 1.1 General introduction to the recognition, assessment and stabilisation of the acutely ill patient with disordered physiology Claire Moorthy; 1.2 Management of cardiopulmonary resuscitation - advanced life support Jonny Coppel; 1.3 Principles of management of the patient post resuscitation Jonny Coppel; 1.4 Principles of triaging and prioritising patients appropriately, including timely admission to ICU Claire Moorthy; 1.5 Initial assessment and management of the trauma patient Anil Dhadwal; 1.6 Principles of assessment and initial management of the patient with burns Behrad Baharlo; 1.7 Description and the management of mass casualties Jonny Price and Scott Grier; Domain 2. Diagnosis, assessment, investigation, monitoring and data interpretation: 2.1 Principles of obtaining a history Claire Moorthy; 2.2 Principles of performing an accurate clinical examination Claire Moorthy; 2.3 How to undertake timely and appropriate investigations Claire Moorthy; 2.4 General principles of performing and interpretation of electrocardiography (ECG) results Ky Chambers; 2.5 General principles of obtaining appropriate microbiological samples and interpretation of results Tom Bottomley; 2.6 Obtaining and interpretation of the results from blood gas samples (acid base balance and disorders) Ed Mcilroy; 2.7 Principles of interpreting imaging studies (X-ray/CT/MRI) Chun Wah So and Matthew Gale; 2.8 Imaging of the chest Chun Wah So and Matthew Gale; 2.9 Imaging of the head Chun Wah So and Matthew Gale; 2. 10 Imaging of the abdomen Chun Wah So and Matthew Gale; 2.11 Importance of monitoring and responding to trends in physiological variables (MEWs/NEWs etc) Claire Moorthy; 2.12 How to integrate clinical findings with laboratory investigations to form a differential diagnosis Claire Moorthy; Domain 3. Disease management: recognition, causes and management: 3.1 Cardiac and circulatory failure ; 3.1.1 Acute coronary