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AVTAA Examination Details The examination consists of up to 200 multiple choice questions and a short answer written clinical competency exam. The multiple choice exam is administered in the morning and the clinical competency exam is administered in the afternoon. Both exams may include latent images, computer simulations or audiovisual aids as part of the testing process. The exam candidate will have 4 hours to complete the multiple choice exam and 3 hours to complete the clinical competency exam. The candidate must obtain a combined score of 75% or more to pass the examination. Topics to be covered on the examination are those that are crucial to anesthesia and peri-operative analgesia. Topics included, but not limited to, the following are: Cardiovascular
Respiratory Pulmonary Geriatric/Pediatric Endocrine Pharmacology Hematology/Immunology Anesthesia for Neurology patients Anesthesia for Orthopedic patients Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal patients Renal/Hepatic patients Anesthesia/Post- anesthesia care Analgesia Triage/Emergency Care Anesthesia Monitoring
Equipment use, troubleshooting and maintenance Anesthesia Procedures Ancillary diagnostic techniques will be included in each topic where appropriate. Anatomy and physiology, data collection/identification of problems will also be covered. The VTS (Anesthesia & Analgesia) has to have an understanding of clinical techniques and how procedures are performed. Therefore, the examination will include indications, equipment needed, complications, and troubleshooting with regard to common clinical procedures. |
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