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A comprehensive, systematically arranged list of topics compiled from DNB Exit Exam Theory question papers from 2017 to the most recent examination, along with important and emerging hot topics suggested by national faculties of Emergency Medicine.
Topics are organised under appropriate major headings and subheadings for easy navigation, focused preparation, and rapid revision.
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3. RESUSCITATION & SHOCK
HQ CPR
ET tube position
ET tube position correction
Complications of ET intubation
Paediatric vs adult airway
Difficult airway assessment
Difficult ventilation assessment
RSI & DSI
USG in RSI
Rapid tranquilization in ED for combative patient
O₂ supply devices & Automated Oxygen devices
High-flow O₂ devices
O₂ therapy in Type I & Type II respiratory failure
Metabolic acidosis in airway
ABG in trauma
A-a-o gradient
Capnography basics
ETCO₂ – Indications / method / graphic changes / uses
Massive haematemesis in ED
Vasopressor resuscitation
Push dose pressors
Haemorrhagic shock (Traumatic Shock)
Treatment of cardiogenic and distributive shock
SCAPE (Sympathetic Crashing Acute Pulmonary Edema)
Sepsis scores
Newer Changes in Sepsis
Lactate, Types, Significance & its clearance
Inotropic support in septic shock
Double sequential defibrillation
Methods to reduce peri-shock pause
Newer techniques of defibrillation in Ventricular fibrillation
Resuscitative thoracotomy
ECHO / E-FAST in CPR to identify cause of hospital cardiac arrest
Automated chest compression device
Therapeutic hypothermia
Neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest in adults
CPR & cardiac arrest in pregnancy
RUSH VTI protocol (Theory & OSCE)
4. PROCEDURES & POCUS
Intraosseous vascular access
Central line insertion
NIBP – radial artery line
Needle cricothyrotomy & surgical cricothyrotomy
Transtracheal jet ventilation
Foley’s catheter balloon tamponade
ICD – chest tube
ICD – implantable Cardiac Defibrillator indication, technique
Procedural sedation
Nerve block for hip joint pain patients
PNEG vs fascia iliaca compartment block
Fascia iliaca block
Femoral nerve block
Paravertebral block
Intercostal nerve block
ECMO – type, role in ED
Echocardiography
Transoesophageal echo in CPR
REBOA
POCUS for acute respiratory illness
POCUS for abdominal pain
POCUS for obstetric patients
POCUS for CVS and RS patients
POCUS in Dyspnoea
POCUS in shock
POCUS for non-traumatic acute abdomen
POCUS in chest trauma
Ocular USG
Water bath technique in USG
US-guided triage
FALLS protocol
RUSH
Brugada syndrome
Massive transfusion protocol***
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy indication
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