ICU Primary – Bedside preparation Part 1

In this episode, Dr Mike Clifford and I discuss how every ICU trainee can prepare for their primary exams on their day to day ward rounds.

We suggest using the modified Pomodoro technique i.e – 3 questions at one bed-space per day (25 min total)

All you need to do is ask your ICU consultant to ask you 3 questions –

1. One question about the pharmacology of one of the drugs that the patient is currently on
2. one question about the monitor attached to the patient
3. one question about the physiology related to that particular patient.

In this podcast we discuss  –

1. Physics principle of arterial waveform analysis
2. Pharmacokinetic properties of Midazolam
3. Effect of PEEP on CVS physiology.