AUGUST 2017 Sub. Code: 1237
B.Sc. CRITICAL CARE TECHNOLOGY
(New Syllabus 2014-2015)
THIRD YEAR
PAPER II ICU THERAPY
Q.P. Code: 801237
Time: Three Hours Maximum: 100 Marks
Answer all questions
I. Elaborate on: x 10 30)
1. Classify oxygen delivery devices, elaborate on venturi device.
2. Describe the Basic life support algorithm. Enumerate the quality markers for
good quality CPR.
3. List the initial ventilator settings for a patient with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease. Add a note on Auto-PEEP (air trapping). Describe the steps in
troubleshooting a ventilator giving low tidal volume alarm.
II. Write notes on: x 5 40)
1. Management of tension pneumothorax.
2. Post resuscitation care.
3. Approach to patient with Poisoning.
4. Ventilator strategies in ARDS.
5. Endotracheal suctioning.
6. Incentive Spirometry.
7. Management of Ventricular Fibrillation.
8. Oxygen toxicity.
III. Short answers on: (10 x 3 30)
1. List the different modes of Positive Pressure Ventilation.
2. Note on Anion Gap and its clinical implications.
3. Sellicks Maneuver.
4. What are the important tests to measure coagulation abnormalities?
5. List nebulized drugs used for bronchodilation.
6. Write briefly about universal precautions.
7. List the indications for mechanical ventilation.
8. Draw a 2-bottle chest drainage system.
9. Alarm limits on ventilator.
10. List the indications for renal replacement therapy (Dialysis).