3. Basics of intensive therapy, anesthesiology, patient safety

Question 1

4 “specializiations” of an anesthesologist (NMF)

Answer 1

• Pain
• Intensive medicine, ICU
• Anesthesia (surgeries)
• Emergency medicine (ambulance)

Question 2

ICU limitation

Answer 2

Reserved for those patients with reversible medical conditions (who have a reasonable prospect of substancial recovery)

Question 3

ICU triage

Answer 3

• Diagnosis, treatment, PROGNOSIS
• Patient characteristics and comorbidities
• Patient consent to ICU admission (wish to live)
• Available beds

Question 4

Six columns of quality care

Answer 4

1) Safe
2) Effective
3) Patient-centred
4) Timing
5) Efficient (avoid wasting resources)
6) Equitable (provide same care ot all races, genders etc)

Question 5

Swiss cheese model

Answer 5

An error consists of several holes in safety that together lead to its occurance

• Latent factors - organisational, management
• Error-producing factors (environment, team, individual etc)
• Active failures (error)
• Lack of defences

Question 6

Helsinki declaration

Answer 6

Ethical principles when dealing with human subjects (including safety and avoidance of errors)

Question 7

Hypnosis can be performed by… in Hungary and for what purpose

Answer 7

• Medical doctors, dentists, psychologists

- For pain management, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, anesthesiology etc

Question 8

Susceptibility scales in hypnosis

Answer 8

• Low (10 % of pop)
• Medium (80 % of pop)
• High (10 % of pop)