An 84 year old man is brought to the emergency department by his family. His wife notes that his behaviour has been increasingly aggressive over a period of two weeks. She no longer feels able to cope with him at home. He has a history of moderately severe dementia, prostatic carcinoma, ischaemic heart disease and [...]
Quiz Surgery 013
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Question a. Discuss the various imaging investigations available in the evaluation of renal colic. (100%) Answer Answer and Interpretation FACEM VAQ Exam 2003.1 – Question 6 The overall pass rate for this question was 65 / 83 (78.3%). It was felt that this question showed out the good candidates, but that a basic common sense [...]
Quiz Resuscitation 015
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A middle aged man is brought into your emergency department by ambulance. He was found unconscious in his apartment with a suicide note next to him. There was no evidence of trauma and no empty medication packages were found. He was intubated at the scene. Naloxone given had no effect on his level of consciousness. [...]
Quiz Medicine 016
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A 72 year old man is brought to the emergency department by ambulance with a 2 hour history of epistaxis. He is on warfarin for atrial fibrillation. Question a. Describe your assessment of this patient. (50%) b. Describe your management of this patient. (50%) Answer Answer and Interpretation FACEM VAQ Exam 2003.1 – Question 4 The [...]
Quiz Paediatrics 014
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A 2 year old child presents by ambulance with 50% burns to the lower half of the body only. Question a. Describe your management of this child. (100%) Answer Answer and Interpretation FACEM VAQ Exam 2003.1 – Question 3 The overall pass rate for this question was 48 / 83 (57.8%). Examiners regarded this as [...]
Quiz Trauma 12
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A 70 year old woman presents following a trip and fall in the garden. A right anterior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint is demonstrated on X-ray. There is no other apparent injury. Question a. Discuss procedural sedation in this situation. (30%) b. Describe your discharge planning with regard to this patient. (70%) Answer Answer and [...]
Quiz Administration 014
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Quiz Core 016
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A 22 year old woman presents following an alleged assault. She is withdrawn and will not discuss details of the incident. On examination she has multiple bruises of varying appearance over her body and face. The nursing staff report blood on her underpants while undressing. Question a. Describe your assessment of this woman. (100%) Answer [...]
Quiz Surgery 012
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Quiz Trauma 011
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A 36 year old skier is brought into your ED by helicopter paramedics. He has been found unconscious in a wooded area of the ski field. On arrival his pulse rate is 55 beats per minute in atrial fibrillation, his blood pressure is 110/70 and his GCS is 12. Question a. Describe your differential diagnosis. [...]
