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The moment before the procedure

Procedure Decisions puts you in the chair at the moment the call gets made. Sight-saving canthotomy with no ophthal on site. CICO declaration after the third failed laryngoscopy. The trauma chest drain in the wrong intercostal space. Decisions that don't unwind — train them with branches, time pressure, and consequences before you train them on a real patient.

"MCQs teach you the steps. Procedure Decisions teach you the moment to commit."
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Each Procedure Decision is a realistic case set at a named West African ED — district, regional, or tertiary. You read the scene, see the vitals, and pick from four actions. Time elapses with each decision. Vitals change. New findings unfold. After 8–14 decisions the case ends, and you get a scorecard — outcome, time-critical metrics, lessons, and a link to the MCQ bank on that procedure. Cases are anchored to Roberts & Hedges Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine, the DAS difficult-airway guidelines, and RCEM Best Practice — calibrated for West African ED realities: the senior who's an hour away, the kit that may or may not be in the bay, the moment when waiting is the wrong answer.

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Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital · 02:14
Falling vision in orbital compartment syndrome
RAPD, IOP 52, ophthal 2 hours away. The window for irreversible ischaemia is 90 minutes. The scissors are on your trolley.
Membership ~10 min Roberts & Hedges Ch — Lateral canthotomy + RCEM Best Practice
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Korle Bu Trauma Bay · 19:42
Can't intubate, can't oxygenate — burn airway
Three failed laryngoscopies. SpO2 78% and falling. Scalpel-bougie or one more look?
Membership ~10 min DAS 2015 + Roberts & Hedges Ch — Cricothyroidotomy
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District Hospital, Kwahu · 22:30
Tube thoracostomy in penetrating chest trauma
Stab to the left chest. Trachea deviated. No CXR, no ultrasound. Finger thoracostomy or wait for imaging?
Membership ~10 min Roberts & Hedges Ch — Tube thoracostomy + ATLS triangle of safety
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Korle Bu Orthopaedic ED · Day 2 post-tibial-fracture
Compartment syndrome of the lower leg
02:40, pain out of proportion despite morphine. Delta-P 24 mmHg. Two-incision release or wait for the MRI?
Membership ~8 min Roberts & Hedges Ch — Fasciotomy + BOAST delta-P guidance
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Komfo Anokye ED · Sunday 18:00
Anterior shoulder dislocation with axillary nerve palsy
Sunday-league football. Numb deltoid patch. Scapular manipulation or send to theatre?
Membership ~8 min Roberts & Hedges Ch — Joint reductions + BOAST anterior shoulder
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