BSF Paramedical case studies
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The BSF Paramedical recruitment examination is the selection test used by the Border Security Force to shortlist candidates for Group C paramedical and nursing posts such as nursing assistant, pharmacist, laboratory assistant, radiographer and related trades. It is aimed at candidates with a paramedical or nursing qualification who want a uniformed or supporting medical role in a central armed police force. The BSF Paramedical case studies are 5 cases and about 4,678 words.
1Two Theatres, One Surgeon's Window, One Emergency
The district hospital runs two operating theatres, OT-1 and OT-2, on a single 08:00–16:00 list (480 minutes each). Each theatre must take one uninterrupted 30-minute lunch break starting between 12:30 and 14:00, and a 25-minute changeover is required between consecutive cases in the same theatre, whether the next case is elective or emergency.
849 words, about 4 min2Nine Casualties, Two Ventilators, Four Units of O-Negative
A state transport bus overturns on a highway 14 km from a Community Health Centre. Nine casualties reach the CHC within 40 minutes.
956 words, about 5 min3Four Nights, Five Nurses, One Calling in Sick
Four consecutive nights, Monday to Thursday, must each be covered by one nurse as night in-charge on a 20:00–08:00 shift. Five staff are available: Anita, Bilal, Chitra, Deepak and Esha.
904 words, about 5 min4Twenty-Seven Cases of Watery Diarrhoea in Eleven Days
Over 11 days, 27 people in a village of 3,400 present to the sub-centre with acute watery diarrhoea; two children aged 2 and 4 have died. Almost all cases live in the 60 households within 200 metres of a hand pump that stands beside an open drain, and the concrete apron around the pump is cracked.
1,043 words, about 5 min5A Handover Note That Could Harm the Patient
A staff nurse at the end of a night shift writes the following entry in the ward handover book: 'Patient in bed 12 was given antibiotic at 2 am and was better. Doctor visited late and said dressing should be done daily but it was not changed because it was not required according to the night nurse.
926 words, about 5 min