Miscellaneous Equipment. Examples included a self-inflating paediatric resuscitation device, a calibrated drainage system with an underwater seal, a vacuum drain bottle, a fenestrated tracheostomy tube and a Passey-Muir valve. Identification of the device was requested, with additional questions related to use and/or complications of the equipment. Five out of twelve candidates passed this section
Disclaimer: the viva stem above may be an original CICM stem, acquired from their publicly available past papers. Or, perhaps it is a slightly altered version of the original CICM stem. Or, it is a completely original viva stem, concocted by the monstrously amoral author of Deranged Physiology for nothing more than his own personal amusement. In either case, because the college do not make the main viva text or marking criteria available, almost everything here has been confabulated. It might sound like a plausible viva and it could be used for the purpose of practice, but all should be aware that it does not represent the "true" canonical CICM viva station.