Cracking the DrNB/DM Critical Care Viva — Volume 3

Cracking the DrNB/DM Critical Care Viva — Volume 3

Ward Rounds & Viva Table Edition — DrNB/DM & DM Critical Care Medicine

Most candidates don’t fail the DrNB/DM Critical Care viva on knowledge. They fail because they’ve never rehearsed how the exam actually runs — at the bedside on the ward round, and across the table under rapid-fire examiner questions. This book is that rehearsal, built around the two settings where the viva is won or lost.

What’s inside

• Structured ICU ward round — a systematic A–K daily review, the Daily Goals checklist, and bedside device identification, closing with a 10-question ward-round viva
• Ten-station Viva Table — 100 examiner-style questions with model answers, mirroring the real table
• Full station coverage — drugs, equipment, USG and echo, X-ray/CT/MRI, appraisal of recent studies, the mechanical ventilator, ACLS/BLS, biostatistics, thesis and protocol analysis, and hospital quality, communication and infection control
• One exam-ready answer format throughout — question, bulleted answer, key point — so every answer sounds the way examiners reward

Referenced to Irwin & Rippe, Marino, and Oh’s Intensive Care Manual, with landmark trials cited throughout

By Dr. Gunadhar Padhi — Chief Intensivist, HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai.