Anaesthesia | Exam Preparation | Invasive Monitoring

Invasive Monitoring
Session Overview
Description
This session contains a short revision tutorial using Multiple Choice Questions to assist candidates preparing for the Primary FRCA Examination.

Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Relate the following physical principles to invasive measurement of arterial blood pressure:

• Hagen-Poiseuille
• Resonance
• Damping
• Wheatstone bridge
• Fourier analysis and sine waves
• Amplification
• Calibration

• Outline the use of pulse contour analysis to determine cardiac output

These MCQ tutorials are aimed at candidates preparing for the Primary FRCA examination.

MCQs written to Primary FRCA standard are used to provide a focused tutorial on important concepts and areas of the curriculum that candidates have difficulty with.

Not all areas tested in the examination are covered in these tutorials. For a comprehensive review please refer to the curriculum and e-Learning sessions within Module 07.

This session covers the physical principles underlying invasive measurement of arterial blood pressure and how this can be used to determine cardiac output.

The session starts with a series of Primary FRCA standard MCQs to test your existing level of knowledge. This is followed by a short tutorial focusing on some of the key areas, and then another series of MCQs to retest your knowledge.