1/1 Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine 2021/2022
INTENSIVE CARE EXAM TOPICS
5th year, General Medicine, Medical Faculty, Masaryk University Brno
CPR	
A.	 Basic	Life	Support	(BLS).	Foreign	Body	Airway	Obstruction	Algorithm	(FBAO)	
B.	 Defibrillation	(Principles,	indications).	BLS	+	AED	algorithm	(Automatic	External	
Defibrillator)	
C.	 Airway	management	(Invasive	techniques)	
D.	 Advanced	Life	Support	Algorithm	(ALS)	
E.	 ALS	-	Bradycardia	Algorithm	
F.	 ALS	-	Tachycardia	Algorithm	
G.	 Drugs	for	ALS	(Indication,	dosing).	Post-resuscitation	Care	
H.		 Reversible	causes	of	cardiac	arrest	-	4H	&	4	T	(management	during	ALS).	PEA	(Pulseless	
Electrical	Activity)	
CLINICAL	SITUATIONS	
1.		 Respiratory	Failure	(Background,	classification).	Oxygen	Therapy		(Equipment,	
indication,	specific	situation	(COPD)	
2.	 Principles	of	Artificial	Ventilation	(Invasive+Non-invasive)	
3.	 ARDS	(Oxygenation	Failure)	
4.	 Severe	COPD	a	asthma	(Ventilatory	Failure)	
5.	 Circulatory	Failure	–	Shock	(Definition,	types,	management	and	monitoring)	
6.	 Vasoactive	drugs	(vasopressors,	inotropes).	Fluid	Therapy	(Crystalloids,	Colloids)	
7.	 Arrhythmias	in	ICU	(Diagnostics,	drugs,	cardioversion,	cardiac	pacing)	
8.	 Acute	Heart	Failure.	Cardiogenic	Shock	
9.	 Sepsis.	Septic	Shock	
10.	 Anaphylactic	Shock.	Obstructive	Shock	(Massive	Pulmonary	Embolism)	
11.	 Hemorrhagic	Shock	(Blood	Products	Therapy).	Massive	Bleeding	(Life-Threatening	
Hemorrhage)	
12.	 Disorders	of	Consciousness	(Definition,	differential	diagnostics,	management).	Seizures	
13.	 Acid-Base	Disorders	(Approach,	definitions,	simple	disorders,	therapy).	Electrolytes	
Disorders	(Hyperkalemia,	hypo-	and	hypernatremia)	
14.	 Nutrition	in	Intensive	Care	
15.	 Acute	Renal	Failure	-Acute	Kidney	Injury	(Renal	Replacement	Therapy	(IHD	x	CRRT))	
16.	 Acute	Liver	Failure	(Approach,	differential	diagnostics	and	management)	
17.	 Hospital	Acquired	Infection	(Definition).	Principles	of	ABX	(Antibiotics)	treatment	in	
Intensive	Care	
18.	 Severe	Brain	Trauma	(Brain	edema,	Intracranial	Hypertension,	Donor	Program	-
principles)	
19.	 Severe	Trauma-Polytrauma	(Approach	and	management)	
20.	 Poisoning	(General	approach,	eliminations,	antidotes).	Toxic	Alcohols,	CO	and	
Acetaminophen	poisoning