Practise anaesthetic mechanisms, calculations and equipment decisions across six ANZCA Primary domains, with 60 focused concepts and explained learning questions. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the ANZCA Primary Examination: Scientific Foundations Guide study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) · ANZCA Anaesthesia Training Program Curriculum v1.14, published December 2025; Appendix Two: Study Guide for the Primary Exam. Verified against the official examination page updated September 2026. No separate syllabus effective date was identified.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- ANZCA — Anaesthesia exams
- ANZCA Anaesthesia Training Program Curriculum v1.14
- ANZCA Anaesthesia Training Program Handbook v2.12, December 2025
- OpenStax — The Process of Breathing
- OpenStax — Gas Exchange
- OpenStax — Transport of Gases
- OpenStax — Cardiac Physiology
- OpenStax — Physiology of Urine Formation
- OpenStax — Acid-Base Balance
- WFSA — Changes in Maternal Physiology During Pregnancy
- OpenStax — Development of Blood Vessels and Fetal Circulation
- OpenStax — Energy and Heat Balance
- IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project — Pharmacodynamics
- IUPHAR Pharmacology Education Project — Drug Distribution
- Medicines Learning Portal — Drug Handling, updated 20 May 2024
- FDA — Lidocaine Hydrochloride Prescribing Information
- DailyMed — Lidocaine Hydrochloride Oral Topical Solution
- DailyMed — Sevoflurane Prescribing Information
- DailyMed — Sugammadex Prescribing Information
- NYSORA — Regional and Topical Anesthesia for Awake Endotracheal Intubation
- NYSORA — Spinal Anesthesia
- FDA — Pulse Oximeters
- OpenStax — Variation of Pressure with Depth in a Fluid
- ANZCA PG31 — Checking Anaesthesia Delivery Systems, October 2026 PILOT
- FDA — Practical Advice for Preventing Surgical Fires
- OpenStax — The Action Potential
- OpenStax — Barrier Defenses and the Innate Immune Response
- OpenStax — The Endocrine Pancreas
- OpenStax — The Cell Membrane
- ANZCA — Anaesthesia trainee toolkit
- ANZCA Anaesthesia Training Program Curriculum v1.14 — successfully reopened version
- TREVOR_ALLISON_PoCT_2015_MX.pdf
ANZCA Primary Examination
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A breathing model changes from 500 mL at 12 breaths/min to 300 mL at 20 breaths/min. Anatomical dead space remains 150 mL per breath, and carbon dioxide production is unchanged. Which prediction is best supported?
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