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282 free practice questions at the clinical rotations stage shared by students. Answer them right here — no account needed.

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

A 58-year-old man is treated in the emergency department for a Colles fracture sustained tripping over a gutter. He smokes 25 cigarettes a day and lights the fi…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 41-year-old bricklayer attends the emergency department after cutting his forearm on a broken glass door at home. The wound is cleaned and sutured. On routine…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 6-year-old boy fell from a trampoline five hours ago onto grass. He cried immediately and did not lose consciousness. He vomited once at the scene and not sin…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man walks into a Perth emergency department at 1900 hours saying he has had heavy central chest pain radiating to his jaw for the past 40 minutes.…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

An intern covering a Perth hospital's wards and its residential aged care liaison service is asked about five deaths in one afternoon. All five are Western Aust…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 61-year-old woman with metastatic pancreatic cancer is in the emergency department short-stay unit with vomiting. She already knows her disease is incurable.…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 26-year-old man is brought in after coming off a motorcycle at speed. He has an anterior dislocation of the left shoulder and fractures of the left pubic rami…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 71-year-old woman attends the emergency department with 10 hours of vomiting that began after a family barbecue. She has Parkinson disease treated with levodo…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 16-year-old boy collapses at the finish of a school cross-country race in Perth on a 39-degree day. He is confused, cannot say where he is, and is unsteady wh…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 24-year-old man is brought to the surf club first aid room at a Perth beach in February. Ten minutes ago, while swimming, he felt sudden severe burning pain i…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 62-year-old man wakes at 5 am with swelling of his lips and tongue that has worsened over three hours. He ate prawns and drank a glass of wine at a restaurant…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · 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…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · common

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…

Acute Care · 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…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

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…

Acute Care · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A a 68-year-old man with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease presents with worsening kidney function over the past two weeks. He started a proton pump…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common

A 54-year-old man with no family history of prostate cancer attends his GP for a routine check-up. He is asymptomatic and has no significant past medical histor…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 58-year-old man with no symptoms attends your clinic for a general health check. He is concerned because his uncle and cousin both died of pancreatic cancer.…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 60-year-old man with a history of chronic diarrhea presents with muscle weakness and lethargy. Laboratory tests show: potassium 3.1 mmol/L (3.5-5.0 mmol/L), b…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · middle twist

A 50-year-old man presents to the emergency department with confusion, rapid breathing, and general weakness. He has a history of chronic kidney disease. On exa…

Year 4 · Clinical rotations · common