November 2008 Clinical Update CME Questions

1. What effect does obesity have on outcome from critical illness?
2. List one or more ventilator measurements that might predict post-extubation laryngeal oedema
3. If you put the Zoll NIBP cuff on a patient's ankle at a primary due to limited access, how would you expect the reading to correlate with a brachial BP (if at all)?
4. List three reasons why outcome in severe burns has improved over the last few decades
5. What is the VITRIS trial, and where is it being conducted?
6. What is the evidence in the civilian population to support or refute the military 1:1:1 transfusion strategy in massive traumatic haemorrhage?
7. Which part of the body is most likely to be injured by the deployment of a steering wheel airbag