Emergency and Toxicology
31 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 32-year-old man is found confused after ingesting an unknown number of amitriptyline tablets. He has a blood pressure of 86/54 mmHg, a pulse of 126/min and a…
Clinical rotations · common
A 58-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after being found drowsy beside an empty bottle of methadone mixture. He has a respiratory rate of 7/mi…
Clinical rotations · common
A 24-year-old woman presents 30 hours after taking repeated doses of paracetamol for a dental infection. She estimates taking 10–12 g daily for four days; her p…
Clinical rotations · common
A 49-year-old woman with a recently diagnosed adrenal pheochromocytoma requires drainage of a painful dental abscess before definitive tumour surgery. Her blood…
Clinical rotations · niche
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…
Clinical rotations · 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…
Clinical rotations · common
A 34-year-old man in suburban Sydney felt a sharp pinprick on the back of his hand while moving pot plants stacked against the house. Over the next two hours he…
Clinical rotations · common
A 9-year-old boy is brought to a regional Victorian hospital 45 minutes after a suspected snakebite to the calf while walking through long grass. A pressure imm…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 58-year-old farmer near Dubbo, New South Wales, felt a sharp scratch on his ankle while moving hay bales and briefly lost consciousness about ten minutes late…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 34-year-old woman taking sertraline 100 mg daily for depression presents with two hours of agitation and profuse sweating. Two days earlier her general practi…
Clinical rotations · common
A 74-year-old woman with metastatic breast cancer presents with sudden dyspnoea and pleuritic chest pain. CT pulmonary angiography confirms bilateral pulmonary…
Clinical rotations · common