Syllabus · Current · V5 (2025) · Nervous System including autonomic and pain

H5 · Nervous System Measurement

H5.i · ICP Monitoring

Official V5 objective
Describe the measurement and interpretation of intracranial pressure including: a. methods of measurement, b. limitations and potential sources of error, c. methods used to minimise error and artefact including the need for calibration, d. normal and abnormal values and waveforms where relevant.
2 SAQ topics 4 SAQ appearances 0 VIVA stations

Written examination

SAQ history

4 appearances
2024A Q18
Compare and contrast the use of external ventricular drains with intraparenchymal fibreoptic pressure monitors to measure intracranial pressure.
38%
2020B Q07
Compare and contrast external ventricular drains and intraparenchymal fibreoptic pressure monitors.
22%
2022A Q10
Discuss the determinants of intracranial pressure (80% marks) and outline how it can be measured (20% marks).
64%
2016B Q18
Discuss the determinants of intracranial pressure (80% of marks). Outline how it can be measured (20% of marks).
55%

Oral examination

VIVA history

0 stations

No mapped VIVA history for this objective.

Sources: objective text from the relevant CICM syllabus; historical SAQ and VIVA wording from CICM examiner reports.