MCQ Collection

Australia MCQs

Practice Australia questions with answers and explanations.

Clinical case 21: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 95-year-old presents to a general practice with a painful swollen calf followed by sudden breathlessness, beginning 40 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 22: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 96-year-old presents to a rural hospital with severe headache, neck stiffness and photophobia, beginning 45 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 23: 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 outpatient unit with progressive shortness of breath, orthopnoea and bilateral crackles, beginning 50 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 24: 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 after-hours service with right lower-quadrant abdominal pain, fever and guarding, beginning 55 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 25: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 20-year-old presents to an emergency department with sudden unilateral weakness and dysphasia, beginning 60 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 26: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 21-year-old presents to an urgent care clinic with fever, hypotension, confusion and raised lactate, beginning 65 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 27: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 22-year-old presents to a general practice with wheeze, increased work of breathing and low oxygen saturation, beginning 70 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 28: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 23-year-old presents to a rural hospital with crushing central chest pain with diaphoresis, beginning 75 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 16: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. A 90-year-old presents to a rural hospital with crushing central chest pain with diaphoresis, beginning 15 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 6: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. An 80-year-old presents to an after-hours service with facial swelling and breathing difficulty after a medicine, beginning 50 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 7: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. An 81-year-old presents to an emergency department with acute fluctuating confusion after surgery, beginning 55 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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Clinical case 8: The item forms part of an integrated Australian clinical knowledge review in which patient safety is the priority. An 82-year-old presents to an urgent care clinic with sweating, tremor and confusion in a person with diabetes, beginning 60 minutes ago. What is the best next step?

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