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 syndromes Mike Hoy; 3.1.2 Cardiac pacing, implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronisation therapy Paul Harris; 3.1.3 Acute heart failure Paul Harris; 3.1.4 Valvular heart disease Katarina Lenartova; 3.1.5 Congenital heart disease Anne-Marie Leo; 3.1.6 Endocarditis Mike Hoy and Selina Ho; 3.1.7 Management of a hypertensive crises Anne-Marie Leo and Katka Lenartova; 3.1.8 Atrial fibrillation in ICU Paul Harris; 3.1.9 Myocarditis Nik Tapper; 3.1.10 Pericardial disease Nik Tapper; 3.1.11 Shock Mike Hoy; 3.1.12 Aortic dissection Simon Mattison; Domain 3.2. Acute renal failure: 3.2.1 Acute Kidney Injury Nuttha Lumlertgul, Alistair Connell and Marlies Ostermann; Domain 3.3: Acute liver failure: 3.3.1 Acute-on-chronic liver failure Mike Spiro and Jez Fabes; 3.3.2 Jaundice Mike Spiro and Jez Fabes; 3.3.3 Ascites Mike Spiro and Jez Fabes; 3.3.4 Portal hypertension Mike Spiro and Jez Fabes; 3.3.5 Hepatorenal syndrome and hepatopulmonary syndrome Mike Spiro and Jez Fabes; 3.3.6 Encephalopathy Mike Spiro and Jez Fabes; Domain 3.4: Neurological impairment and injury: 3.4.1 Decreased consciousness Chris Whitehead and Ian Tweedie; 3.4.2 Seizures and status epilepticus Chris Whitehead; 3.4.3 Acute cerebrovascular accident and its complications Chris Whitehead; 3.4.4 Meningitis Arun Krishnamurthy; 3.4.5 Tetanus Sachin Mehta and Manpreet Bahra; 3.4.6 Delirium Tamas Bakonyi and Valerie Page; 3.4.7 Neuromuscular disorders Sachin Mehta and Manpreet Bahra; 3.4.8 Non-traumatic spinal cord injury Manpreet Bahra and Sachin Mehta; Domain 3.5. Acute gastrointestinal failure: 3.5.1 Gastrointestinal haemorrhage Megan Fahy and Liza Keating; 3.5.2 Acute pancreatitis Mike Peters and Liza Keating; 3.5.3 Peritonitis and the acute abdomen Shona Johnson and Liza Keating; 3.5.4 Ileus and bowel obstruction Charles Rich and Liza Keating; 3.5.5 Intra-abdominal hypertension and abdomi