Introduction: Organisation of intensive care; Admission and discharge criteria; Assessing the patient referred for intensive care; Stabilisation and transfer of critically ill; Regular/daily ICU management; Severity of illness scoring systems; Respiratory system: Oxygen delivery systems humidification; Airway management - endotracheal intubation; Tracheostomy; Mechanical ventilation and modes; Weaning from mechanical ventilation; Interpretation of the CXR; Pulse oximetry and capnography; ARDS; Pneumothorax; Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Acute severe asthma; Severe community-acquired pneumonia; Aspiration syndromes; Thromboembolism in the ICU; Chest physiotherapy; Fibreoptic bronchoscopy; Cardiovascular system: European Resuscitation Council Guidelines on CPR; Fluid and pressor resuscitation; Monitoring cardiac and circulatory function; Supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias; Hypertensive emergencies; Management of the patient with unstable angina; The management of acute myocardial infarction; The mqnagement of cardiac failure in the ICU; Imaging the heart in ICU; The ECG in ICU; Infection: Definitions of SIRS and sepsis; Simple infection control measures; Antibiotic prescriptions; Management of patients with SIRS; Assessment of new fever in the non-neutropenic ICU patient; Nosocomial ICU infections; Infections in the compromised host;l Specific problems, MRSA, Clostridia Difficile, VRE, multiresistant TB; Gastrointestinal system: Stress ulcer prophylaxis; Management of GI bleeding; Pancreatitis; Liver failure and jaundice in the ICU; Management of ileus and diarrhoea; Assessing the abdomen in ICU; Renal and metabolic systems: Acid-base disturbances; Electrolyte disturbances; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Acute renal failure; Adrenal insufficiency; CVVH and its variants; Urinalysis; Thyroid disease and function in ICU; Neurological system: Acute cerebrovascular disease; Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; The management of traumatic brain injury; Seizures and status epilepticus
