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There are very few vascular MCQ’s, which is nice.
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Head injury fact sheet Know your NEXUS / Canadian CT criteria
Trauma VAQ’s are found in the other topic pages, depending on the system injured.
Head injury fact sheet Know your NEXUS / Canadian CT criteria
Toxicology is a mammoth topic and comes up all the time. You need to master it to succeed. Consider it your nemesis.
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Alcohol and toxic alcohols fact sheet
Calcium antagonist OD fact sheet
Cholinergic anticholinergic fact sheet
General toxicology fact sheet Includes decontamination and antidote info
Hydrocarbon poisoning fact sheet
Methaemoglobinaemia fact sheet
NMS vs EPSE vs SS vs MH fact sheet Guess the abbreviations!
Organophosphate poisoning fact sheet
Paracetamol OD fact sheet VITAL KNOWLEDGE
Strychnine poisoning fact sheet
Tricyclic antidepressant OD fact sheet VITAL KNOWLEDGE
For envenomations: see environmental.
Toxicology is a mammoth topic and comes up all the time. You need to master it to succeed. Consider it your nemesis.
Alcohol and toxic alcohols fact sheet
Calcium antagonist OD fact sheet
Cholinergic anticholinergic fact sheet
General toxicology fact sheet Includes decontamination and antidote info
Hydrocarbon poisoning fact sheet
Methaemoglobinaemia fact sheet
NMS vs EPSE vs SS vs MH fact sheet Guess the abbreviations!
Organophosphate poisoning fact sheet
Paracetamol OD fact sheet VITAL KNOWLEDGE
Strychnine poisoning fact sheet
Tricyclic antidepressant OD fact sheet VITAL KNOWLEDGE
For envenomations: see environmental.
I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to know all of the below inside out.
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Clearly there are resuscitation MCQ’s and VAQ’s, but they tend to be related to another topic and hence are found there.
I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to know all of the below inside out.
Adult resuscitation fact sheet
Malignant hyperthermia fact sheet
Paeds and neonatal resuscitation fact sheet
Asthma fact sheet Very important
Pneumothorax fact sheet Know your criteria for treatment
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Patient Retrieval and Transport
There are prehospital MCQ’s, but they’re usually about triage of casualties.
I don’t have any VAQ’s – theoretically they could show you a picture of a mushroom cloud and ask how quickly you would run in the opposite direction…
Knowing your Paeds is vital. There isn’t a week dedicated to Paeds in the Auckland study timetable – be sure to cover relevant Paeds topics each week or you will miss a big chunk of the syllabus.
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Fever in Children Very important
Paediatric Gastroenteritis Know your rehydration
Paediatric and Neonatal Resus Very important
I haven’t split the Paediatric VAQ’s from the adult – pure laziness, I know.
Knowing your Paeds is vital. There isn’t a week dedicated to Paeds in the Auckland study timetable – be sure to cover relevant Paeds topics each week or you will miss a big chunk of the syllabus.
Fever in Children Very important
Paediatric Gastroenteritis Know your rehydration
Paediatric and Neonatal Resus Very important
You don’t need to know the classification of fractures in as much detail as is found in these fact sheets. The exceptions to this are: Pelvic fractures (know the classification and treatment eg. when to use interventional radiology and when to go to theatre), Paediatric orthopaedic trauma (understand Salter-Harris), Shoulder dislocation (they love reduction techniques and procedural sedation), Red joint(how do you interpret as aspirate?) and the limping child.
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You don’t need to know the classification of fractures in as much detail as is found in these fact sheets. The exceptions to this are: Pelvic fractures (know the classification and treatment eg. when to use interventional radiology and when to go to theatre), Paediatric orthopaedic trauma (understand Salter-Harris), Shoulder dislocation (they love reduction techniques and procedural sedation), Red joint(how do you interpret as aspirate?) and the limping child.
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Improving care in ED 