Practise Emergency Medicine Specialty Exam with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) · NCCPA Content Blueprint for the Emergency Medicine CAQ Examination, undated; effective date unspecified. The assigned workbook label names the Emergency Medicine CAQ credential, CAQ-EM; its examination is officially called the Emergency Medicine Specialty Exam.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Specialty Certificates - NCCPA
- Content Blueprint for the Emergency Medicine CAQ Examination
- Key Dates - NCCPA
- Part 9: Adult Advanced Life Support - 2025 American Heart Association Guidelines
- 2022 ACC/AHA Aortic Disease Guideline Key Perspectives: Part 2 of 2
- Hyperglycaemic crises in adults with diabetes: a consensus report
- Clinical Practice Guidelines: Periorbital and orbital cellulitis
- Endoscopic management of common bile duct stones: ESGE guideline
- Acute mesenteric ischemia: updated guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery
- Clinical Practice Guidelines: Acute scrotal pain or swelling
- Management of suspected reactions - Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Compartment Syndrome - AAOS OrthoInfo
- ACEP Clinical Policy: Adult Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Acute Headache
- Adult Emergency Department Brief Suicide Safety Assessment Guide - NIMH
- Top Take-Home Messages for the Emergency Physician: 2026 Acute Pulmonary Embolism Guideline
- 2026 Summary Guide for Asthma Management and Prevention
- MHRA National Patient Safety Alert: Calcium gluconate in severe hyperkalaemia
- Ectopic pregnancy - RCOG
- Clinical Care of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever - CDC
- Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Following Disasters and Severe Weather - CDC
- RCH Trauma: Management of traumatic pneumothorax and haemothorax
- ACEP Clinical Policy: Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department
- The Capacity to Understand Capacity - ACEP
- 2022 ACC Expert Consensus on Acute Chest Pain: Key Points
- IDSA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
- Types of Glaucoma - National Eye Institute
- Symptoms & Causes of Appendicitis - NIDDK
- Transfusion-related acute lung injury - Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- Guideline for management of septic arthritis in native joints (SANJO)
- Signs and Symptoms of Rhabdomyolysis - CDC/NIOSH
- Pre-eclampsia - RCOG
- Rabies Post-exposure Prophylaxis Guidance - CDC
- FAQs: Anaphylaxis - Resuscitation Council UK
- Clinical Practice Guidelines: Trauma - primary survey
Emergency Medicine Specialty Exam
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An adult develops regular monomorphic wide-complex tachycardia at 190/min. A pulse is present, but blood pressure is 74/46 mm Hg and the patient is confused. The rhythm is causing the instability. What is the best immediate treatment?
Emergency Medicine Specialty Exam
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Cardiovascular System
Acute coronary syndrome: serial assessment
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