| 1. Practise medicine within their defined scope of practice and expertise |
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1.3. Apply knowledge of the clinical and biomedical sciences relevant to Critical Care Medicine |
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1.3.1. Normal and abnormal anatomy, including the appearance with diagnostic imaging |
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1.3.2. Pathophysiology of: |
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1.3.2.1. Organ dysfunction |
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1.3.2.2. Sepsis |
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1.3.2.3. Blunt and penetrating trauma |
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1.3.2.4. Environmental injuries |
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1.3.3. Physiology in critically ill women who are pregnant |
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1.3.4. Developmental physiology and pharmacology in adolescents |
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1.3.5. Psychosocial needs of adolescent patients and their families |
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1.3.6. Pharmacology |
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1.3.6.1. Agents used for neuromuscular blockade |
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1.3.6.2. Antimicrobial therapies |
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1.3.6.3. Common intoxicants and poisons, and specific antidotes or supportive therapies |
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1.3.6.4. Sedatives and analgesics |
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1.3.6.5. Vasoactive agents |
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1.3.7. Principles and practice of resuscitation |
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1.3.8. Principles and practices of assisted mechanical ventilation and other methods of respiratory support |
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1.3.9. Principles and methods of invasive and/or non-invasive monitoring |
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1.3.9.1. Respiratory status |
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1.3.9.2. Hemodynamic status |
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1.3.9.3. Neurologic status |
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1.3.9.4. Nutritional status |
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1.3.10. Principles of the determination of neurological death |
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1.3.11. Principles of medical transport |
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1.3.11.1. Physiology during transport, including air transport |
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1.3.11.2. Modes of transportation, patient care equipment, and monitoring methods |
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1.3.11.3. Role of paramedical personnel |
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1.3.12. Principles for the coordination and triage of services for mass casualty management |
| 2. Perform a patient-centred clinical assessment and establish a management plan |
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2.1. Prioritize issues to be addressed in a patient encounter |
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2.1.1. Recognize, resuscitate, and stabilize patients sustaining, or at risk of, cardiopulmonary arrest or other life-threatening conditions |
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2.2. Elicit a history, perform a physical exam, select appropriate investigations, and interpret their results for the purpose of diagnosis and management, disease prevention, and health promotion |
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2.2.1. Interpret results of invasive and non-invasive monitoring |
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2.2.1.1. Hemodynamic |
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2.2.1.2. Neurologic |
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2.2.1.3. Respiratory |
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2.2.2. Interpret diagnostic imaging examinations, including general radiography, computerized tomography (CT), and point of care ultrasound |
| 3. Plan and perform procedures and therapies for the purpose of assessment and/or managemen |
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3.1. Determine the most appropriate procedures or therapies |
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3.1.1. Blood component therapy, and alternatives |
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3.1.2. End of life care |
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3.1.3. Hemodynamic support |
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3.1.4. Invasive and non-invasive ventilation |
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3.1.5. Medical equipment and monitoring device application |
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3.1.6. Nutritional therapy: enteral and parenteral |
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3.1.7. Pharmacotherapy |
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3.1.8. Renal replacement therapy |
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3.1.9. Supportive care |
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3.1.10. Surgical intervention |
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3.4. Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in a skilful and safe manner, adapting to unanticipated findings or changing clinical circumstance |
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3.4.2. Use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) assessment for |
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3.4.2.1. Ascites |
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3.4.2.2. Cardiac ventricular size and function |
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3.4.2.3. Identification of a pneumothorax |
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3.4.2.4. Pericardial effusion |
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3.4.2.5. Pleural effusion |
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3.4.2.6. Vascular access, including central venous access |
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3.4.2.7. Intravascular volume status |
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3.4.5. Breathing |
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3.4.5.1. Ventilation by bag and mask |
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3.4.5.2. Initiation of and weaning from assisted ventilation |
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3.4.5.3. Maintenance of long term assisted ventilation |
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3.4.5.4. Thoracostomy tube insertion |
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3.4.5.5. Thoracentesis |
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3.4.5.6. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the intubated patient |