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Test your medical knowledge with our engaging quiz designed for aspiring healthcare professionals! This quiz consists of 9 carefully crafted multiple-choice questions, covering essential topics in medicine and emergency care.

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A 19 year old man, presents to the Emergency Department with asupra-condylar fracture of the distal humerus. Later that evening, after surgicalfixation he is noted to have a wrist drop with a patch of numbness on the dorso-radial aspect of the wrist.What is this most likely to be due to?

In the management of pneumothorax, what is the best indication that the intercostal catheter can be removed?

A. The size of the pneumothorax is less than 25% of the lung volume on chest x-ray

B. There is lack of bubbling in underwater seal drain with suction

C. There is lack of bubbles with cough in underwater seal drain

D. There is presence of swing and no bubbling in underwater seal drain

E. There is resolution of pleuritic chest pain

A 75 year old man, presents with painless loss of vision in the left eye onehour ago. VAR:6/9, VAL:light perception only. There is a left afferent pupil defect. He has been on an ACE inhibitor for hypertension.What do you see when you look into his left eye with a direct ophthalmoscope?

A. Signs of age-related macular degeneration

B. Some blot haemorrhages and hard exudates near the macula

C. A dense nuclear cataract makes the view of a probably normal optic disc and macula difficult

D. The macula has an orange/red spot and the surrounding retina looks pale, with marked attenuation of the retinal arterioles and segmentation of blood in the retinal veins

E. A swollen optic nerve and a normal retina

A 26 year old woman has a history of wheezing as a child. She has suffered fromseasonal rhinitis in recent years. She is brought in by ambulance from a night club having developed severe shortness of breath.Which of the following findings is in keeping with a severe asthma attack?

A. Respiratory rate of 8/min.

B. Blood pressure of 85/60 mmHg

C. Inspiratory rhonchi on auscultation

D. Bilateral basal crackles on auscultation

E. 88 percent oxygen saturation on pulse oximetry

A 26 year old nurse has had wheezy bronchitis as a child. She went to a night club and suffered an attack of asthma. She is given nebulised salbutamol in theEmergency Department. Which of the following is the best explanation of why Salbutamol produces bronchodilation?

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