MCQ Collection

Australia MCQs

Practice Australia questions with answers and explanations.

Clinical case 202: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 39-year-old presents to a rural hospital with severe headache, neck stiffness and photophobia, beginning 10 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 191: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 28-year-old presents to an outpatient unit with progressive shortness of breath, orthopnoea and bilateral crackles, beginning 40 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 181: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. An 18-year-old presents to an emergency department with sudden unilateral weakness and dysphasia, beginning 75 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 182: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 19-year-old presents to an urgent care clinic with fever, hypotension, confusion and raised lactate, beginning 80 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 183: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 20-year-old presents to a general practice with wheeze, increased work of breathing and low oxygen saturation, beginning 85 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 184: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 21-year-old presents to a rural hospital with crushing central chest pain with diaphoresis, beginning 90 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 185: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 22-year-old presents to an outpatient unit with heavy vaginal bleeding with dizziness in pregnancy, beginning 10 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 186: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 23-year-old presents to an after-hours service with facial swelling and breathing difficulty after a medicine, beginning 15 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 187: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 24-year-old presents to an emergency department with acute fluctuating confusion after surgery, beginning 20 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 188: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 25-year-old presents to an urgent care clinic with sweating, tremor and confusion in a person with diabetes, beginning 25 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 189: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 26-year-old presents to a general practice with a painful swollen calf followed by sudden breathlessness, beginning 30 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 190: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 27-year-old presents to a rural hospital with severe headache, neck stiffness and photophobia, beginning 35 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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