| Viva 3 | Boerhaave syndrome |
| Viva 4 | Complications of cardiac transplant |
| Viva 5 | Aortic dissection |
| Viva 6 | Procedure station: troubleshooting a transvenous pacing wire |
| Viva 4 | Approach to the haemodynamically unstable post-cardiac surgical patient |
| Viva 2 | Perioperative risk assessment: a crumbly wreckage |
| Viva 1 | You are the Consultant Intensivist in charge for the day with a new registrar in their first week working in ICU. You are called about a 53-year-old man with hypotension 30 minutes after elective admission post coronary artery bypass grafts and mitral valve repair. |
| Viva 2 | A 62-year-old male is admitted to the ICU post-operatively having undergone a transthoracic oesophagectomy for squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus. The patient is extubated post-operatively but requires reintubation due to respiratory failure. |
| Viva 6 | Unstable post-op CABG; with pulmonary hypertension and nitric oxide |
| Viva 8 | Assessment of circulation, O2ER, PA catheter anatomy, thermodilution |
| Viva 4 | A 74-yr-old man with a past history of hypertension and NIDDM has just undergone a 3- vessel graft and aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis. You are on duty when the patient is transferred to ICU postoperatively. |
| Viva 3 | Aortic dissection: diagnosis and management |
| Viva 8 | Temporary cardiac pacing, pacing modes, troubleshooting the pacemaker |
| OSCE 5 | Procedure Station The procedure which was examined was insertion of a transvenous pacemaker. The indications for, principles of pacemaker insertion and testing for sensitivity and thresholds and complications were examined. |
| OSCE 6 | IABP anatomy, contraindications and complications, waveform analysis |
| Viva 2 | Cardiovascular Scenario: A 65 year old diabetic man returns from theatre after coronary artery bypass grafting with an intra-aortic balloon pump in situ. His pre-op history included diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidemia. |
| Viva 3 | Cardiac surgery |
| Viva 3 | Management in a post-cardiac surgical patient with renal impairment |
| Viva 5 | Organisation over the telephone of the transport to a cardiac centre of a man with a |