Widely popular amongst exam candidates, Dr Podcast is a great way to revise for your Primary FRCA. Providing questions and model answers spanning the breadth of the exam syllabus and fully updated in this second edition, this revision aid allows you to experience the format of questions likely to be asked and provides tips on how to excel in the exam. Supplemented with helpful illustrations to explain answers, this book will help you learn what to expect in the exam and how differently worded questions on the same topic require modified approaches. Each script has an accompanying podcast audio recording, enabling on-the-go revision. Written and updated by successful candidates providing insight and experience of the exam, all the material has been reviewed by experienced consultants with detailed knowledge of the educational standards. If you are preparing for your Primary FRCA exam, Dr Podcast Scripts for the Primary FRCA is a must!
A fully updated second edition revision aid for Primary FRCA preparation and success, containing the scripts of the individual podcasts from the Dr Podcast Primary FRCA collection. Including advancements in anaesthesia and changes in practice, it covers the entire syllabus providing exam-style questions, model answers, and tips for exam success.
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The second edition of this popular book provides questions, model answers, and tips on preparing for Primary FRCA exam success.
1. Physiology: 1.1 Respiratory physiology; 1.1.1 Lung volumes and
control of breathing; 1.1.2 Respiratory compliance and surface tension; 1.1.3
Ventilation, perfusion and dead-space; 1.1.4 Alveolar gas equation and shunt;
1.1.5 Pulmonary blood pressure and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; 1.1.6
Oxyhaemoglobin dissociation; 1.1.7 Altitude physiology; 1.2 Cardiovascular
physiology; 1.2.1 Cardiac cycle; 1.2.2 Coronary circulation; 1.2.3 Pacemaker
cells; 1.2.4 Valsalva manoeuvre; 1.2.5 Exercise physiology; 1.3 Physiology of
the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems; 1.3.1 Cerebral
circulation; 1.3.2 CSF; 1.3.3 Bloodbrain barrier; 1.3.4 Action potentials;
1.3.5 Spinal cord; 1.3.6 Reflex arc; 1.3.7 The autonomic nervous system and
adrenoceptors; 1.4 Physiology of the neuromuscular junction; 1.4.1
Neuromuscular junction; 1.4.2 Muscle physiology; 1.4.3 Pain pathways; 1.5
Fluids and renal physiology; 1.5.1 Fluid balance; 1.5.2 Acidbase physiology;
1.5.3 Renal physiology; 1.6 Liver and endocrine physiology; 1.6.1 Glucose and
metabolism; 1.6.2 Pituitary and endocrine function; 1.6.3 Thyroid; 1.6.4
Adrenals; 1.6.5 Starvation and the stress response; 1.6.6 The liver and
clotting; 1.6.7 Proteins and haemoglobin; 1.7 Immunology; 1.7.1 Immunology;
1.8 Pregnancy; 1.8.1 Physiological changes in pregnancy; 1.8.2 Maternal-fetal
circulation;
2. Pharmacology: 2.1 Pharmacological principles; 2.1.1
Pharmacokinetics; 2.1.2 Pharmacodynamics; 2.1.3 Drug interactions; 2.1.4
Agonists and antagonists; 2.1.5 Isomerism; 2.1.6 Pharmacogenetics; 2.2
Intra-venous anaesthetic agents; 2.2.1 Propofol and thiopentone; 2.2.2
Ketamine and etomidate; 2.2.3 Rapid Sequence Induction; 2.3 Inhalational
anaesthetic agents; 2.3.1 Inhalational agents; 2.3.2 MAC; 2.3.3 Nitrous
oxide; 2.4 Neuromuscular blocking agents and anti-cholinesterase; 2.4.1
Neuromuscular blocking drugs; 2.4.2 Suxamethonium; 2.4.3
Anti-cholinesterases; 2.5 Local anaesthetics; 2.5.1 Local anaesthetics; 2.6
Analgesia agents; 2.6.1 Analgesic agents Dana L Kelly; 2.7 Drugs acting on
the nervous system; 2.7.1 Anti-convulsants; 2.7.2 Benzodiazepines; 2.8 Drugs
acting on the cardiovascular system; 2.8.1 Anti-hypertensive agents Caroline
V Sampson and Samuel Nava; 2.8.2 Anti-arrhythmics; 2.8.3 Inotropes; 2.9 Drugs
acting on the gastrointestinal tract; 2.9.1 Drugs acting on the GI tract;
2.9.2 Anti-emetics; 2.9.3 Hypoglycaemics; 2.10 Antibiotics; 2.10.1
Antibiotics; 2.11 Anti-coagulants; 2.11.1 Anti-coagulants; 2.12 Statistics;
2.12.1 Statistical data; 2.12.2 Statistical analysis; 2.13 Drugs used in
major haemorrhage; 2.13.1 Tranexamic acid and drugs used in major
haemorrhage;
3. Physics: 3.1 SI units; 3.1.1 SI units; 3.2 Biological signals
and their measurement; 3.2.1 Biological signals; 3.2.2 Electrocardiogram;
3.2.3 Neuromuscular monitoring; 3.3 Gas flow and its measurement; 3.3.1 Gas
laws; 3.3.2 Flow; 3.3.3 Measurement of gas volume and flow; 3.4 Gas supply
and delivery; 3.4.1 Cylinders and gas supply; 3.4.2 Breathing systems; 3.4.3
Vaporisers Rebecca; 3.4.4 Soda lime and carbon dioxide absorption; 3.4.5
Scavenging systems; 3.5 Measurement of oxygen, carbon dioxide and anaesthetic
agents; 3.5.1 Measurement of anaesthetic agents; 3.5.2 Oxygen measurement;
3.5.3 Pulse oximetry; 3.5.4 pH and CO2 measurement; 3.5.5 Capnography; 3.6
Temperature and humidity; 3.6.1 Heat loss; 3.6.2 Temperature and its
measurement; 3.6.3 Humidification; 3.7 Pressure and cardiac output
measurement; 3.7.1 Pressure measurement; 3.7.2 Blood pressure measurement;
3.7.3 Resonance and damping; 3.7.4 Intra-cranial pressure measurement; 3.7.5
Cardiac output measurement; 3.8 Electricity; 3.8.1 Electricity; 3.8.2
Electrical safety; 3.9 Equipment; 3.9.1 Defibrillators; 3.9.2 Lasers and
diathermy; 3.9.3 Ultrasound.
Rebecca Leslie is a consultant anaesthetist, with an interest in perioperative medicine and obstetric anaesthesia, at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bath. She is co-founder of Dr Podcast. Emily Johnson is a consultant anaesthetist, with an interest in teaching and training, at Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. She is college tutor for the Birmingham School of Anaesthetics and co-founder of Dr Podcast. Alex Goodwin is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Bath. He was an examiner for the Primary FRCA for 10 years and Director of the College Final FRCA preparation course for 5 years. Samuel Nava is a specialist registrar in anaesthesia at the Severn Deanery in Bristol.
