Helix FRCA

An FRCA question bank that
teaches, not just tests.

The whole RCoA Primary and Final curriculum.
4,000+ questions and interactive walkthroughs, each topic revisited
deeper until it sticks.

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4,000+ SBAs & CRQsBuilt by anaesthetistsMapped to the RCoA curriculum
01 · Why Helix

The FRCA syllabus is overwhelming.
That's why we built Helix.

Residents can feel buried before they begin. So we built the resource we wanted ourselves: 4,000+ SBAs and CRQs, every one mapped to the RCoA curriculum and ranked by exam yield.

Helix serves the highest-value topics first, brings each one back to target where you need it most, and always shows you where you are. Together you'll cover everything the exam demands, in the right depth.

02 · AI marking on CRQs

Your CRQs, marked line by line, instantly.

Three seconds from finishing a CRQ to a mark and a sentence-by-sentence breakdown. Practise the way you'll actually be marked, long before exam day.

CRQ · Obstetric anaesthesia

A 32-year-old at 34 weeks presents with BP 172/114 and 3+ proteinuria. Outline your immediate anaesthetic management of severe pre-eclampsia. (8 marks)

Your answer

I would treat this as an obstetric emergency. For seizure prophylaxis I would start magnesium sulfate 4 g IV loading dose then 1 g/hr infusion. To control hypertension I would use labetalol 20 mg IV boluses titrated to effect, aiming for a target BP <160/110. I would involve a multidisciplinary team including obstetrics, senior anaesthetist, and neonatology.

6/8
marks
Two marks left on the table
+1Target is <150/100, not the <160/110 treatment threshold
+1Delivery is the only definitive treatment, not mentionedSafety
03 · Interactive walkthroughs

Bring Anaesthesia to life.

Walkthroughs replace static textbook figures
with simulators you can play with.
Move the slider and see
the effects in real time.

Three stages every time:Foundations builds the model,
Application tests your knowledge,
Integration links it to clinical reasoning.
Just like the FRCA.

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04 · AI tutor

Stuck on a question? Ask the tutor.

Pause on any SBA or CRQ and ask whatever isn't clear. The tutor explains it in plain language, shows you why each wrong option is wrong, and pitches its answer at the depth the exam expects. It has read a decade of RCoA examiners' reports, so it knows the traps residents fall for.

SBA · Physiology · Respiratory
Tutor mode
If pre-oxygenation is so important, why can 100% oxygen cause atelectasis?
05 · Audio mode

Questions, on the go.

High-yield, exam-focused topics, in chunks you can digest. Listen on the drive, the run, the kid-bedtime hour — the same questions the Helix curriculum surfaces, read aloud.

SBA · Physiology · Q 42

A patient in septic shock has MAP 55 on noradrenaline 0.4 mcg/kg/min. Which is the most likely cause of the residual hypotension?

Listen to high-yield, exam-focused topics wherever you are
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06 · Membership

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Anaesthesia, from first principles to viva.
Every topic, brought back deeper until it sticks.