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FFICM VIP Practice Examination — Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
FFICM — The FFICM Part 1 examination is administered by the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM) in the UK; it consists of 90 Single Best Answer (SBA) questions sat over 3 hours, with a pass mark determined by Angoff standard setting (typically ~65–70%), and assesses the breadth of knowledge required for independent practice as an Intensive Care Medicine consultant.
30
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
A 58-year-old man with severe community-acquired pneumonia is intubated and mechanically ventilated in the ICU. His arterial blood gas on FiO₂ 0.8 shows PaO₂ 8.2 kPa, PaCO₂ 5.1 kPa, pH 7.38. Repeat gas on FiO₂ 1.0 shows PaO₂ 9.4 kPa. Using the iso-shunt diagram, which best describes the predominant mechanism of hypoxaemia in this patient?
Questions 2–30 and full explanations are VIP-exclusive.