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

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A 48-year-old woman taking sotalol for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation has two brief episodes of collapse. The ECG monitor records recurrent bursts of polymorphi…

Emergency and Toxicology · Mechanisms of disease · common

A 72-year-old woman with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is admitted with worsening breathlessness. Her pulse is irregular at 118 beats per minute.…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 67-year-old man with a previous anterior myocardial infarction develops palpitations while being monitored in hospital. He is alert, has a blood pressure of 1…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · common

A 29-year-old man presents with palpitations and light-headedness. His pulse is irregular at 190 beats per minute and the blood pressure is 126/74 mmHg. The ECG…

Cardiovascular · Clinical rotations · niche

A 32-year-old woman presents seven days after an uncomplicated delivery with five sudden, severe headaches over 48 hours. Each begins abruptly during bathing or…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 38-year-old man develops left-sided neck pain and a new unilateral headache after forceful neck stretching. He has a mild left ptosis and a smaller left pupil…

Clinical rotations · common

A 49-year-old man develops abrupt retro-orbital pain and vomiting while exercising. In the next hour he becomes drowsy and develops left ptosis with limitation…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 72-year-old woman has developed a new unilateral temporal headache over three weeks. She reports pain when chewing and two recent episodes in which vision in…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old woman presents with 10 days of progressive daily headache and brief episodes of greying vision. She is six weeks postpartum and takes a combined o…

Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 46-year-old woman develops a sudden, severe headache while lifting a suitcase. It reaches maximal intensity within seconds and is followed by vomiting and nec…

Clinical rotations · common

A 35-year-old woman at 31 weeks’ gestation has six weeks of low mood, guilt and early-morning waking. During the past week she has stopped eating, believes her…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common

A 27-year-old man with no previous psychiatric history is brought to hospital by his family after two weeks of little sleep, expansive business plans and increa…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · common

A 38-year-old woman with bipolar disorder started haloperidol 10 days ago for a manic episode. She now reports that she cannot sit still, repeatedly walks aroun…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 46-year-old man with recurrent major depression tells his general practitioner that he intends to take all his prescribed medicines after his partner leaves f…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Pre-internship · common

A 32-year-old woman at 10 weeks’ gestation presents with four days of almost no sleep, excessive spending and increasingly intrusive plans to start several busi…

Obstetrics and Gynaecology · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 29-year-old man with schizophrenia is brought to the emergency department after threatening another patient. He is pacing, shouting and clenching his fists; h…

Psychiatry and Mental Health · Pre-internship · common

A 17-year-old girl presents six hours after a deliberate ingestion of tablets taken from the family bathroom cabinet. She complains of nausea, repeated vomiting…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common

A 28-year-old woman is brought in by ambulance 90 minutes after being found drowsy next to an empty box of amitriptyline. Her Glasgow Coma Scale score is 12, he…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common

A 21-year-old man collapses at the 14 km mark of a city fun run on a 34°C day. In the trackside medical tent he is confused and agitated with a Glasgow Coma Sca…

Emergency and Toxicology · Pre-internship · common

A 26-year-old backpacker is snorkelling off Port Douglas in far north Queensland in December when she feels a mild sting on her forearm, leaving only faint redn…

Emergency and Toxicology · Clinical rotations · common