Afghanistan Anesthesia Technology Exit Exam case studies
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The Anesthesia Technology Exit Examination is the terminal assessment Afghan anesthesia technology students typically sit at the end of their training, and it functions in practice as a readiness check for entering the operating theatre as a technician rather than a student. It is written for graduates of anesthesia technology programmes and for candidates preparing to work alongside anesthetists, surgeons and theatre nurses in Afghan hospitals, where equipment, drug availability and patient acuity vary widely. The Afghanistan Anesthesia Technology Exit Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 2,893 words.
1The febrile trauma patient with a difficult airway
A 34-year-old man arrives in the operating theatre for emergency laparotomy after a motorcycle crash. He has a Glasgow Coma Scale of 13, a full stomach, and a suspected cervical spine injury that has been immobilised in a rigid collar.
738 words, about 4 min2Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with pre-eclampsia
A 29-year-old primigravida at 38 weeks presents for emergency caesarean section because of fetal bradycardia. She has pre-eclampsia: blood pressure 168/108 mmHg, 3+ proteinuria, platelets 88 × 10⁹/L, and she reports a frontal headache.
744 words, about 4 min3Unexpected difficult mask ventilation in a child for tonsillectomy
A 6-year-old boy weighing 20 kg is scheduled for tonsillectomy. He has a history of snoring and recurrent tonsillitis, and his tonsils are described as kissing.
492 words, about 2 min4Postoperative respiratory depression after intrathecal morphine in an elderly patient
An 82-year-old woman weighing 55 kg has a hip hemiarthroplasty under spinal anaesthesia with 300 µg of intrathecal morphine. She has chronic kidney disease (eGFR 32 mL/min/1.73 m²) and takes regular oxycodone for osteoarthritis.
462 words, about 2 min5Massive transfusion and coagulopathy in a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
A 71-year-old man presents with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. He is pale, confused, and has a blood pressure of 78/40 mmHg and a heart rate of 132/min.
457 words, about 2 min