The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examination Study Guide 2. Pharmacology and Clinical Topics 3rd Edition

Part 1 – Pharmacology

1          Receptors

2          Mechanism of Drug Action

3          Drug Interactions

4          Drug Absorption and Bioavailability

5          Drugs and the Liver

6          Drugs and the Kidney

7          Variations in Drug Metabolism

8          Isomers

9          Drugs to Draw

10        Exponential Functions

11        Dose–Response Curves

12        First- and Zero-Order Kinetics

13        Volume of Distribution, Clearance and Half-Life

14        Compartment Models

15        Total Intravenous Anaesthesia

16        Induction Agents

17        Nitrous Oxide

18        Inhalational Anaesthetic Agents (Volatile Agents)

19        Neuromuscular Blocking Drugs

20        Cholinesterase Inhibitors (Anticholinesterases) And Reversal Agents

21        Antimuscarinic Drugs

22        Opioids

23        Sedative Agents

24        Local Anaesthetics

25        Antiemetics and Prokinetics

26        Antiarrhythmic Drugs

27        Antihypertensive Agents

28        Diuretics

29        Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs

30        Antimicrobials

31        Anticoagulants

32        Anti-Platelet Agents

33        Blood

34        Hypoglycaemic Agents

35        Anticonvulsants

36        Antidepressants

37        Drugs used to Treat Asthma

38        Miscellaneous Drugs

Part 2 – Special patient groups

39        The Jehovah’s Witness

40        Obesity

41        Paediatric Patient

42        Pregnancy

43        Pre-Eclampsia Toxaemia

44        Elderly Patient

45        Down’s Syndrome

46        Sickle Cell Anaemia

47        Rheumatoid Arthritis

48        Diabetes

49        Hypertensive Patient

50        Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

51        Burns and Trauma

52        Brainstem Death and Organ Donation

Part 3 – Critical incidents

53        Anaphylaxis

54        Aspiration

55        Awareness

56        Blood Transfusion Error

57        Bradycardia

58        Cyanosis

59        Difficult to Ventilate (High Airway Pressures)

60        Failed Intubation

61        Failure to Breathe

62        High Spinal Block

63        Hypertension

64        Hypotension

65        Hypoxia

66        Intra-Arterial Injection

67        Laryngospasm

68        Local Anaesthetic Toxicity

69        Major Obstetric Haemorrhage

70        Malignant Hyperpyrexia

71        Needlestick Injury

72        Post-Dural Puncture Headache

73        ST Segment Changes

74        Tachyarrhythmias

75        Venous Air Embolism (VAE)