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,The Final FRCA
Short Answer
Questions
A Practical Study Guide
Elizabeth Combeer
Consultant Anaesthetist
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Illustrations by Paul Hatton
,CRC Press
Taylor & Francis Group
6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300
Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742
© 2019 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business
No claim to original U.S. Government works
Printed on acid-free paper
International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-138-49932-4 (Paperback); 978-1-138-49939-3 (Hardcover)
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, CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS v
PASSING THE FINAL SAQ ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
1. Neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care 1
2. Cardiothoracic surgery 23
3. Airway management 47
4. Critical incidents 53
5. Day surgery 73
6. General, urological and gynaecological surgery 77
7. Head, neck, maxillo-facial and dental surgery 99
8. Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest 109
9. Non-theatre 111
10. Orthopaedic surgery 117
11. Perioperative medicine 121
12. Regional anaesthesia 141
13. Sedation 153
14. Trauma and stabilisation 155
15. Intensive care medicine 165
16. Obstetrics 197
17. Paediatrics 223
18. Pain medicine 245
19. Ophthalmic 267
20. Plastics and burns 269
21. Vascular surgery 273
22. Anatomy 281
23. Applied clinical pharmacology 283
24. Applied physiology and biochemistry 293
25. Physics and clinical measurement 309
26. Statistical basis of trial management 325
Index 327
iii
,The Final FRCA
Short Answer
Questions
A Practical Study Guide
Elizabeth Combeer
Consultant Anaesthetist
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Illustrations by Paul Hatton
,CRC Press
Taylor & Francis Group
6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300
Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742
© 2019 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business
No claim to original U.S. Government works
Printed on acid-free paper
International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-138-49932-4 (Paperback); 978-1-138-49939-3 (Hardcover)
This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been
made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the valid-
ity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright
holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this
form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we
may rectify in any future reprint.
Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmitted, or
utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including pho-
tocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission
from the publishers.
For permission to photocopy or use material electronically from this work, please access www.copyright.com (http://
www.copyright.com/) or contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA
01923, 978-750-8400. CCC is a not-for-profit organization that provides licenses and registration for a variety of users.
For organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been
arranged.
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, CONTENTS
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS v
PASSING THE FINAL SAQ ix
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xiii
1. Neurosurgery, neuroradiology and neurocritical care 1
2. Cardiothoracic surgery 23
3. Airway management 47
4. Critical incidents 53
5. Day surgery 73
6. General, urological and gynaecological surgery 77
7. Head, neck, maxillo-facial and dental surgery 99
8. Management of respiratory and cardiac arrest 109
9. Non-theatre 111
10. Orthopaedic surgery 117
11. Perioperative medicine 121
12. Regional anaesthesia 141
13. Sedation 153
14. Trauma and stabilisation 155
15. Intensive care medicine 165
16. Obstetrics 197
17. Paediatrics 223
18. Pain medicine 245
19. Ophthalmic 267
20. Plastics and burns 269
21. Vascular surgery 273
22. Anatomy 281
23. Applied clinical pharmacology 283
24. Applied physiology and biochemistry 293
25. Physics and clinical measurement 309
26. Statistical basis of trial management 325
Index 327
iii
