AIIMS Paramedical case studies
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The AIIMS Paramedical recruitment examination is the selection test used by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi to fill paramedical and allied-health posts such as laboratory, radiography, nursing-adjacent and technical support roles. It is aimed at candidates with a diploma or degree in a paramedical discipline who want a technical or support post in a large public tertiary-care hospital, where duties involve working directly with patients, specimens, equipment and clinical records under supervision. The AIIMS Paramedical case studies are 5 cases and about 3,930 words.
1Potassium 7.4 mmol/L in an Asymptomatic Patient: Pre-Analytical Error on the Ward Round
At 07:15, during a busy medical ward round, a laboratory technician is asked to collect a sample for electrolytes and calcium from a 55-year-old woman admitted with uncontrolled hypertension. Only two tubes remain on the trolley: a lavender-top EDTA tube meant for a complete blood count and a plain red-top tube.
751 words, about 4 min2High-Risk Needlestick from an HBeAg-Positive Patient: Deciding on Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Without a Rapid Titre
At 21:40 a 22-year-old nursing intern in her third week of ward duty is recapping a needle after an arterial blood gas draw from a 47-year-old man in the intensive care unit. The needle pierces the tip of her left index finger and the wound bleeds freely; she is wearing a single pair of gloves.
775 words, about 4 min3Forty-One Cases of Watery Diarrhoea in a Village of 4,200: Whether and How to Notify
A sub-district hospital in a drought-prone block admits 14 patients with profuse watery diarrhoea over two days. By the tenth day the block surveillance register shows 41 cases and 3 deaths, all from one village of about 4,200 people served by four hand pumps.
835 words, about 4 min4Checking a Grievance Notice Before It Goes on the Hospital Website
At a 400-bed district hospital, the Grievance Redressal Committee has drafted a notice for the outpatient department noticeboard and the hospital website. The committee secretary, who is not a first-language English speaker, has passed the text to a paramedical staff member for checking before it goes to the medical superintendent for signature: 'It is hereby informed to all the patients and their relatives that the grievance box have been shifted from the ground floor to the second floor near the lift.
799 words, about 4 min5Rostering Four Night Duties with Interlocking Constraints
A four-bedded district laboratory runs a single night shift, 20:00 to 08:00, for emergency haematology and biochemistry. Four technicians - Farah, Gopal, Hina and Imran - must each cover exactly one of the four nights from Monday to Thursday.
770 words, about 4 min