Rural Generalist Anaesthetic Resource
  • Welcome
  • Curriculum
  • Curriculum
    • 1. RGA Roles
    • 2. RGA Clinical Fundamentals
      • 2.1 Airway Management
      • 2.2 General Anaesthesia and Sedation
      • 2.3 Pain Medicine
      • 2.4 Perioperative Medicine
      • 2.5 Regional and local anaesthesia
      • 2.6 Resuscitation, Trauma and Crisis Management
      • 2.7 Safety and Quality in Anaesthesia Practice
    • 3. Specialised Study Units
      • Paediatrics
      • Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia
  • Exam Resources
    • Exam Resources
      • SSSA VIVA trainer
      • Unexamined VIVAs
  • Additional Notes
    • Lecture Notes
    • Study notes
    • Memory Aids
  • Miscellania
    • Useful stuff for RGAs
    • Spectacular Photos
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  1. Additional Notes

Memory Aids

This is for mneumonics, rhymes, acronyms and other useful bits to get in a panic.

The three D's to end your management plans

  • Debrief

  • Documentation

  • Disposition

The four P's for a good VIVA structure

These are to structure your responses around so that you don't forget to discuss some element of the stem.

  • Patient factors/concerns

  • Pathology factors

  • Procedural factors

  • People required

A different DRS ABCD

  • Diagnosis - Most likely/fatal cause

  • Removal of Stimulus/offense

  • Send for help

  • Standard ABCD

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