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151 free practice questions shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.

Practise theseOne at a time, in a random order, with the explanation after each.

You are the intern on an evening shift at a public hospital in Perth. A 3-year-old boy was admitted this morning with a febrile illness. His mother has told the…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 79-year-old woman is brought in drowsy and clammy after two episodes of collapse at home. The monitor shows complete heart block with a ventricular rate of 34…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 58-year-old man had a witnessed collapse at a shopping centre. Bystanders started compressions, ambulance officers delivered one shock, and spontaneous circul…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 4-year-old boy weighing 16 kg has had profuse watery diarrhoea and vomiting for three days and has not passed urine since yesterday. In the emergency departme…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 62-year-old man collapses in the emergency department waiting room. He is pulseless and the monitor shows ventricular fibrillation. Chest compressions are in…

Clinical rotations · common

A 63-year-old man with two hours of chest pain has 3 mm of ST elevation in leads II, III and aVF. He is alert but cold and clammy. Pulse is 52 beats per minute…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 5-year-old girl weighing 20 kg is admitted with right lower lobe pneumonia. She is febrile at 38.9 degrees Celsius, saturating 93% on 2 litres per minute of o…

Pre-internship · middle twist

A 24-year-old man is brought in after his motorcycle struck a fence post. He opens his eyes to pain, makes incomprehensible sounds and localises with his right…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

An 82-year-old woman in a residential aged care facility has had watery diarrhoea and intermittent vomiting for two days. She is alert and oriented, her mucous…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 71-year-old man noticed slurred speech 90 minutes ago while watching television and his wife drove him straight in. He speaks with a mild slur that is fully i…

Pre-internship · niche

A 58-year-old man has had constant central chest heaviness for 70 minutes, radiating to his left arm, with sweating and nausea. The pain is unchanged by posture…

Clinical rotations · middle twist