| 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 |
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2.4. Establish a patient-centred management plan, for the following |
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2.4.1. Shock: distributive; hypovolemic; cardiogenic; obstructive |
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2.4.2. Acute critical illness of any etiology |
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2.4.2.1. Single or multiple organ dysfunction |
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2.4.2.2. Oncologic emergencies |
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2.4.2.3. Trauma and environmental injuries |
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2.4.2.4. Sepsis |
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2.4.2.5. Intoxication |
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2.4.2.6. Perioperative care |
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2.4.3. Chronic critical illness |
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2.4.4. Pain and symptom control |
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2.4.5. End of life, including goal-directed life-sustaining therapies |
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2.4.6. Organ and tissue donation |
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2.4.7. Critical illness in pregnancy |
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2.4.8. Perioperative risk optimization |