Acute Care
151 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 46-year-old man who came to Australia from South Sudan eight years ago is on the fourth day of treatment for community-acquired pneumonia. Asked by the nurse…
Pre-internship · niche
An 84-year-old woman is on the ward on the evening of the first day after hemiarthroplasty for a fractured neck of femur. She has a morphine patient-controlled…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 63-year-old man collapses in an emergency department waiting room. He is shocked once for ventricular fibrillation and a palpable pulse returns after four min…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 7-month-old infant on a children's ward is found unresponsive and making occasional gasps. You and the paediatric registrar, both trained in paediatric basic…
Pre-internship · niche
A 71-year-old man at a restaurant suddenly stands and clutches at his throat during the main course. He cannot speak or make any sound. He is conscious and is s…
Clinical rotations · common
A 13-year-old boy weighing 52 kg develops widespread urticaria, a hoarse voice and wheeze about ten minutes after eating a satay skewer at a school camp. He is…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 46-year-old woman is admitted with two days of vomiting and lightheadedness. Her regular tablets are alendronate, esomeprazole and prednisolone, all of which…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 24-year-old man is brought to a regional emergency department after his motorcycle struck a guard rail. The ambulance officers report that he lost his output…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 68-year-old woman is admitted with fever and dysuria. Blood cultures were taken and she received gentamicin and amoxicillin within 40 minutes of arrival. She…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 63-year-old man wakes at 5 am with swelling of his lower lip and the left side of his tongue. There is no rash and nothing itches. His voice is normal, his ch…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 34-year-old woman arrives 20 minutes after eating a satay skewer at a food van. She has widespread weals, a hoarse voice and expiratory wheeze. Blood pressure…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 58-year-old man who works at a piggery near Griffith, New South Wales, is brought in one February with four days of fever and headache and one day of confusio…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 29-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, is 13 weeks and 2 days pregnant by a dating scan at 8 weeks. She has had six hours of moderate vaginal bleeding and cramp…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 46-year-old warehouse worker has had low back pain for three weeks since lifting a pallet. For the past two days the pain has run down both legs to the feet.…
Clinical rotations · common
A 47-year-old man is reviewed in the cardiology clinic after a single episode of loss of consciousness while sitting at his desk. There was no warning and no pa…
Pre-internship · niche
A 44-year-old man presents three hours after a sudden severe occipital headache that reached its worst within a minute while he was straining at stool. He vomit…
Pre-internship · middle twist
A 74-year-old woman describes losing the sight of her right eye over a few seconds while watching television 90 minutes ago. It has not come back and she now se…
Pre-internship · niche
A 71-year-old man presents with two hours of severe left loin pain radiating into the groin, with vomiting. He has never had pain like this before. He smokes 20…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 26-year-old man is brought to a Perth emergency department by his brother. For six weeks he has slept about two hours a night, has given away his car and most…
Pre-internship · middle twist
An 81-year-old man is three days from a hemiarthroplasty for a fractured neck of femur. Overnight he believes he is on a fishing boat and asks his wife about tw…
Pre-internship · middle twist