Acute Care
151 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 62-year-old man collapses in a hospital foyer and is found to be in ventricular fibrillation. Compressions have been continuous, adrenaline 1 mg has been give…
Pre-internship · niche
A 3-year-old boy is pulled unresponsive from a community swimming pool. He is not breathing normally and a lifeguard has started chest compressions while an amb…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 54-year-old man presents to a metropolitan hospital with a catheter laboratory after seventy minutes of central chest pain, which is continuing. His blood pre…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 66-year-old man has had ninety minutes of central chest pain with sweating. His electrocardiogram shows 3 mm ST elevation in leads II, III and aVF with ST dep…
Pre-internship · niche
A 74-year-old man on a surgical ward reports palpitations on the second day after a right hemicolectomy. He is alert and comfortable, with a blood pressure of 1…
Clinical rotations · common
A 68-year-old woman is brought in from a residential aged care facility with fever and new confusion. Her temperature is 38.9 degrees Celsius, blood pressure 82…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 28-year-old man is stung by a bee in a hospital car park. In the emergency department he has generalised urticaria, audible wheeze and a blood pressure of 84/…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 19-year-old man is thrown from his motorcycle at highway speed. On arrival he is alert and complains only of neck pain. His blood pressure is 78/44 mmHg and h…
Clinical rotations · common
A medical student is bag-mask ventilating a 62-year-old woman who is apnoeic after a benzodiazepine overdose. She has a palpable pulse and a correctly sized ora…
Clinical rotations · common
A 71-year-old man collapses in the radiology department and is apnoeic with a palpable carotid pulse. You are first to arrive with a self-inflating bag, mask an…
Pre-internship · middle twist
You are the intern on night cover. At 02:00 the nurse asks you to see a 68-year-old man on the second night after a right hemicolectomy. His respiratory rate is…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 7-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department because he has been breathing hard since the morning. He has vomited repeatedly for two days and says hi…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
In late July a 34-year-old man attends with both his housemates. All three have had headache, nausea and poor concentration that build up through each evening a…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 58-year-old man is admitted with three days of fever and a productive cough. He weighs 138 kg, uses continuous positive airway pressure at home for witnessed…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 24-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after falling four metres from scaffolding onto concrete. He opens his eyes to voice, is confused and l…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 47-year-old man chokes on a piece of bread roll while talking at a workplace lunch. He coughs hard for a few seconds, then the coughing becomes silent and his…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
You are a medical student on placement in a rural general practice 90 minutes by road from the nearest hospital. A grandmother brings in her 2-year-old grandson…
Clinical rotations · common
You are the intern on a paediatric ward in Perth at 9 pm. A 3-year-old admitted that morning with bronchiolitis has observations that all sit inside the normal…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man is seen in a pre-admission clinic before a hernia repair. He weighs 138 kg and his upper arm circumference is 42 cm. The nurse records 176/98…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
You are the first doctor to reach a 68-year-old man found slumped in a chair in the day therapy unit. He does not respond to voice or to a firm shake, he makes…
Pre-internship · middle twist