ENT Emergencies Masterclass: 15 High-Yield MCQs

Fifteen board-standard questions from the acute end of ear, nose and throat — the vertigo you diagnose at the bedside, the nosebleed whose evidence runs in two directions, the quinsy nobody can settle, the sore throat with a normal examination, and the bleeding that arrives on day six after a tonsillectomy. Every answer names its source: AAO-HNSF, NICE, ENT UK, SIGN, Cochrane, the FDA. Every wrong option says why it tempts and why it fails. Every question is checked against a named primary source — NICE, AAO-HNSF, ENT UK, SIGN, Cochrane — and printed on screen beneath the rationale, so you can verify the claim rather than take it on trust. Where teaching has moved under the author, this video teaches the current guideline and names the retired version. Pause on each question, lock your answer before the 6-second timer ends, then read the trap rationale, its source, and the "why the other three are wrong" mini-lesson. TIMESTAMPS & CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Cold Open 00:12 - Hook: The 15-Question ENT Drill 00:44 - Q1: DIX-HALLPIKE TECHNIQUE 01:47 - Q2: EPLEY WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS 02:50 - Q3: VESTIBULAR NEURITIS EVIDENCE 03:52 - Q4: MENIERE DEFINITION AND LADDER 05:01 - Q5: OTITIS EXTERNA NO ORAL DRUGS 06:07 - Q6: MASTOIDITIS PATHWAY 07:10 - Q7: AURICULAR HAEMATOMA EVIDENCE 08:10 - Q8: BUTTON BATTERY IN THE NOSE 09:12 - Q9: NASEPTIN AND PEANUT ALLERGY 10:18 - Q10: TRANEXAMIC ACID TWO ENDPOINTS 11:20 - Q11: SEPTAL HAEMATOMA DEADLINE 12:24 - Q12: SINUSITIS AT TEN DAYS 13:26 - Q13: QUINSY DRAINAGE UNCERTAINTY 14:29 - Q14: SUPRAGLOTTITIS AIRWAY FIRST 15:35 - Q15: POST TONSILLECTOMY CODEINE 16:40 - Checkpoint 1 (Q5 recap) 16:54 - Checkpoint 2 (Q10 recap) 17:07 - Final Scorecard & Recap