Emergency and Toxicology
31 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.
A 27-year-old man is brought in 20 minutes after his motorcycle struck a tree at speed. He is agitated, with a respiratory rate of 38/min, oxygen saturation 84%…
Clinical rotations · common
A 22-year-old woman is brought from a music festival by paramedics. She is agitated and confused, her temperature is 39.8 °C, pulse 132/min, blood pressure 158/…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 19-year-old woman presents six hours after taking 30 × 500 mg paracetamol tablets in a single impulsive act following an argument. She also took "a few&q…
Clinical rotations · common
A 41-year-old man undergoes urgent debridement for a necrotising infection of the calf. Initial broad-spectrum treatment has been given, and deep tissue culture…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 63-year-old man is admitted with fever, hypotension and rapidly progressive cellulitis of the forearm. He had been licked on an excoriated hand by his daughte…
Clinical rotations · common
A 68-year-old man taking gliclazide modified release for type 2 diabetes is found drowsy with a blood glucose concentration of 2.1 mmol/L. He improves after int…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 29-year-old man is brought in shortly after his partner administered naloxone for suspected heroin overdose. He is yawning repeatedly, has abdominal cramps, d…
Clinical rotations · common
A 46-year-old man is found vomiting beside an open container of an automotive fluid. He has tachypnoea, flank pain and oliguria; arterial blood gas analysis sho…
Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old woman at 25 weeks of pregnancy presents with right flank pain, rigors and vomiting. Her temperature is 39.2°C, pulse 132/min and blood pressure 92…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 42-year-old man is brought to hospital 45 minutes after taking an unknown number of amitriptyline tablets. He is drowsy, has a blood pressure of 78/46 mmHg an…
Clinical rotations · common
A 41-year-old woman is rescued from a vehicle fire with burns encircling the chest and upper abdomen. She is intubated and ventilated, but her peak airway press…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 28-year-old electrician receives an electrical injury while working on industrial equipment. There is a small contact mark on the palm and a larger mark at th…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 46-year-old man is brought from a house fire with burns to his face and upper chest. He is awake, has soot around his mouth and is coughing; initially his voi…
Clinical rotations · common
A 76-year-old man with persistent atrial fibrillation develops sudden severe abdominal pain and vomiting. He is pale and distressed, but his abdomen is initiall…
Clinical rotations · middle twist
A 63-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes accidentally injects 60 units of insulin glargine instead of her usual 20 units. She becomes confused with a capillary…
Clinical rotations · common
A 67-year-old woman with type 1 diabetes is admitted with community-acquired pneumonia and is not eating. She normally injects insulin glargine 24 units at nigh…
Clinical rotations · common
A 29-year-old man presents two days after running out of prescribed oxycodone, which he had been taking in increasing amounts for a year. He is yawning, restles…
Clinical rotations · common
A 34-year-old woman presents with anxiety, poor sleep, nausea and a sense that people are watching her. She stopped taking alprazolam 72 hours ago after using 6…
Clinical rotations · common
A 19-year-old man is brought to hospital 90 minutes after swallowing approximately 60 g of paracetamol. He is drowsy, sweaty and vomiting. Arterial blood gas an…
Clinical rotations · niche
A 27-year-old man is bitten while walking through long grass near Tamworth, New South Wales. He brings a photograph of a slender brown snake, but the species ca…
Clinical rotations · middle twist