Scenario
A 20 year-old man has been intubated in the emergency department the previous evening after ingesting an unknown quantity of alcohol and benzodiazepines. At 0800 hours, his observations are:
Question
Describe your criteria for extubation (30%) Describe the process of extubating this patient (70%)
Answer
FACEM SAQ Exam 2008.1 – Question 2
- The overall pass rate for this question was 58/62 (93.5%).
- Pass Criteria
- The examiners felt that this was a basic question that was a mid level discriminator.
- Good answers for Part a) displayed knowledge of the indications and contra-indications for extubation including patient, staff, equipment and departmental issues.
- Part b) required a safe and systematic approach pre, during and post procedure.
- Features of unsuccessful answers
- Failed answers did not answer the question, failed to provide adequate detail or suggested potentially dangerous practice.
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