Fast Facts for the Final FFICM and EDIC

Core Concepts in Critical Care Medicine

Amit Sharma

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CRC Press
26 December 2025

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Series: Fast Facts

This comprehensive revision guide breaks down complex critical care concepts into over 200 essential topics, strategically designed in accessible bullet points and tables. It delivers only the most exam-relevant information, focusing specifically on past questions to maximize the chances of success, and the concise format allows for quick assimilation during crucial revision periods, making every study minute count.

Knowledge retention is enhanced through the guide's systematic approach to each topic, presenting aetiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment in a logical sequence that reinforces understanding. This structured method ensures that facts don't exist in isolation but connect meaningfully, building the robust foundation of high-yield information that is invaluable during those critical final weeks before examinations.

Confidence is the ultimate key to exam success, and this guide is the pathway to achieving it. By enabling efficient revision of the entire curriculum, it ensures candidates for the FFICM and EDIC enter their exams not just prepared, but empowered. With comprehensive coverage of the essential basic sciences required by anaesthetists, this guide transforms anxiety into assurance and preparation into performance. Due to the emphasis of this book on learning the basics, it will be helpful to other medical staff members working in intensive care, like nurses, ACCPs, and foundation year doctors as well.

By: Amit Sharma
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm,
Weight: 1.060kg
ISBN: 9781032759227
ISBN 10: 1032759224
Series: Fast Facts
Pages: 470
Publication Date: 26 December 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Surgical Problems 2. Infectious Diseases 3. Cardiovascular Problems 4. Pulmonary Problems 5. Neurological Problems 6. Renal Problems 7. Fluids And Electrolytes 8. Gastrointestinal Problems 9. Endocrine Problems 10. Haemato-Oncology Problems 11. Trauma And Burns 12. Toxicology 13. Obstetrics 14. Pediatrics 15. Miscellaneous Organ Problems 16. Airway And Resuscitation 17. Monitoring 18. Nutrition 19. ITU Issues 20. ITU Organization 21. Pharmacology 22. The End Game

Dr Amit Sharma is currently working at Royal Stoke University Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent, UK. He postgraduated in anaesthesia from the prestigious Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, one of the top three medical colleges in India. After that, he cleared EDAIC and registered with GMC to work as a Junior Specialist Doctor in the NHS. During this time, he completed his FRCA examination with distinction in both primary and final FRCA and joined training in the UK. He cleared his FFICM and EDIC examinations during his dual intensive care medicine and anaesthesia training and has been appointed as honorary lecturer at the University of Plymouth for the Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCP) programme. He has an active interest in use of point-of-care ultrasound and staff well-being initiatives.