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Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care reads, and what each title is for.

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7Titles listed
4Read cover to cover
2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
The fellowship

Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care at a glance

Resuscitation and anaesthesia for the polytrauma patient and trauma intensive care.

DisciplineAnaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromDNB/MD Anaesthesia (Anaesthesiology)
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care

Fellows in this branch read in two directions at once: a trauma anaesthesia text for damage-control resuscitation, massive transfusion and airway management in the shock room, and a general intensive care text for the ICU half of the posting. Varon and Smith's shorter volume is the one that actually gets carried and finished; the larger Smith text is used for specific injury patterns. ATLS is treated as required baseline reading in almost every Indian trauma centre and the current course material is expected knowledge in vivas. Oh's Manual remains the ICU book of choice in Indian units, with Irwin and Rippe used when a topic needs a longer, referenced answer.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Essentials of Trauma Anesthesiacore readingAlbert J. Varon, Charles E. Smith (eds.) · Cambridge University Press · 2nd edition (2017)The compact text fellows read early and revisit before the exit exam, covering resuscitation, airway and injury-specific anaesthesia.
  2. Trauma Anesthesiacore readingCharles E. Smith (ed.) · Cambridge University Press · 2nd edition (2015)The larger companion volume, used for detailed chapters on burns, blast injury, paediatric trauma and prehospital care.
  3. Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) Student Course Manualcore readingAmerican College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma · 11th edition (2025)The shared language of the trauma bay — primary and secondary survey sequence, and the framework vivas are structured around.
  4. Oh's Intensive Care Manualcore readingJonathan M. Handy, Bala Venkatesh, Jeremy Cohen, Daniel Martin (eds.) · Elsevier · 9th editionThe everyday ICU reference in Indian units, read for ventilation, sepsis, sedation and organ-support chapters during the critical care block.
  5. TraumareferenceDavid V. Feliciano, Kenneth L. Mattox, Ernest E. Moore (eds.) · McGraw Hill · 9th editionConsulted for the surgical side of injury management so the anaesthetist understands what the operating plan actually requires.
  6. Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care MedicinereferenceCraig M. Lilly (ed.) · Wolters Kluwer · 9th edition (2024)Used when a critical care topic needs a longer, fully referenced treatment for a seminar or thesis chapter.
  7. Manual of Definitive Surgical Trauma CarereferenceKenneth D. Boffard, Jonathan White (eds.) · CRC Press · 6th editionThe DSTC course text, read for damage-control sequencing and for anticipating operative steps during a laparotomy or thoracotomy.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

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Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care

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Frequently asked

FNB Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care — questions

Which books do FNB Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care fellows read?

The 7 titles on this page, of which 4 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Trauma Anaesthesia & Critical Care from?

DNB/MD Anaesthesia (Anaesthesiology)

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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