Airway, breathing, circulation, and shock
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Practice Module 10
Critical Care & Public Health
Prepare for unstable-patient recognition, immediate priorities, CPR and oxygen principles, emergency transfer, infection prevention, sterilization, communicable-disease counselling, reporting obligations, and public-health safety.
Core Content
High-yield topics in this module
Use the topic map to organize your review, then reinforce each area with case-based questions and active recall.
Anaphylaxis, sepsis, stroke, and acute coronary syndromes
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Toxicology and poisoning recognition
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
CPR, oxygen, and immediate stabilization
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Emergency transfer and referral decisions
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Routine practices, sterilization, and disinfection
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Communicable-disease counselling and reporting
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Occupational exposure and adverse-reaction reporting
Review presentation, clinical reasoning, relevant safety issues, and the single best next step.
Learning Objectives
What you should be able to do
- Recognize an unstable or high-risk patient.
- Prioritize immediate stabilization and emergency transfer.
- Apply infection-control and biohazard principles.
- Identify public-health reporting responsibilities.
Rapid Review
Priority exam themes
ABCDEShock and anaphylaxisCPR and oxygenEmergency transferInfection controlReportable conditions
CANRA study approach: identify the diagnosis, the most useful investigation, the safest treatment, important contraindications or interactions, and the threshold for urgent referral.
Module Resources
Continue into focused practice
Open Emergency Question Bank
Open the related BoardQBank review or practice resource.
Critical Care & Public Health Review
Open the related BoardQBank review or practice resource.
Continue your structured preparation
Move from focused review to case-based questions, then test integration and pacing with mock examinations.