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Ethics and end-of-life issues · Breaking bad news — SPIKES protocol difficulty 1/5

Adwoa, a 35-year-old woman, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre after a road traffic crash. She has a severe head injury with a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 6. The neurosurgical team determines…

Extremity trauma · Tibial plateau fracture — nerve injury recognition difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 55-year-old woman, is involved in a road traffic crash and is brought to Komfo Anokye ED. She has a swollen, painful left knee after a dashboard injury. X-ray of the knee shows a fracture exte…

Extremity trauma · Tetanus prophylaxis — contaminated wound difficulty 2/5

Mensah, a 45-year-old farmer, sustains a deep laceration to his right foot from a cutlass while working in the fields in the Eastern Region. He is brought to the district hospital A&E. The wound is he…

Extremity trauma · Open fracture — tetanus prophylaxis difficulty 2/5

Abena, a 22-year-old woman, presents to the district hospital A&E eight hours after sustaining a compound fracture of her right tibia in a farming accident. The wound is heavily contaminated with soil…

Extremity trauma · Tetanus prophylaxis — open fracture with unknown immunisation status difficulty 2/5

Yaw, a 30-year-old man, is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre after a road traffic collision. He has a compound fracture of the left tibia with bone protruding through a 4 cm wound. The wound is con…

Extremity trauma · Open versus closed fracture — classification and immediate management difficulty 1/5

Mensah, a 45-year-old farmer, presents to the district hospital A&E in Northern Region with a 2 cm wound over the anterior tibia after being struck by a hoe. Plain X-ray confirms a mid-shaft tibial fr…

Extremity trauma · Colles' fracture — classical presentation difficulty 1/5

Ama, a 55-year-old woman, presents to the regional hospital A&E after falling onto her outstretched right hand while walking to market. She has pain and swelling at the wrist. Plain X-ray shows a dist…

Extremity trauma · Neurovascular examination — recognition of arterial compromise difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 35-year-old woman, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED following a road traffic collision. She has sustained a closed fracture of the right femur. On examination of the right lower limb, the foot is…

Extremity trauma · Femoral neck fracture — elderly fall difficulty 1/5

Maame Ama, an 80-year-old woman, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after a simple fall from standing at home. She is unable to weight-bear and complains of right hip and groin pain. O…

Extremity trauma · Septic arthritis following puncture wound — management triad difficulty 3/5

Akosua, a 16-year-old girl, presents to the regional hospital A&E with a two-day history of a progressively swollen, red, and painful right knee. She stepped on a thorn one week ago while walking bare…

Extremity trauma · Neurovascular assessment before and after reduction difficulty 2/5

Kofi, a 35-year-old man, presents to Komfo Anokye ED with a suspected dislocated right shoulder after a fall. Neurovascular examination before reduction documents intact radial pulse and normal sensat…

Extremity trauma · Femoral fracture — haemodynamic instability and traction splinting difficulty 2/5

Mohammed, a 50-year-old man with hypertension, is brought to the regional hospital A&E after being struck by a vehicle. He has a closed fracture of his right femur. On examination, the right leg is sh…

Eye emergencies · Preseptal versus orbital cellulitis — clinical distinction and management difficulty 3/5

A 9-year-old boy is brought to a district hospital A&E by his mother with a two-day history of right eyelid swelling, redness, and low-grade fever. On examination there is periorbital oedema and eryth…

Eye emergencies · Central retinal vein occlusion — fundoscopic recognition difficulty 2/5

A 55-year-old hypertensive woman, Adwoa, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden painless loss of vision in her left eye that she noticed on waking. Visual acuity in the left eye is 6/60. Fu…

Eye emergencies · Anterior uveitis - classical presentation and systemic associations difficulty 2/5

A 35-year-old man, Kwabena, with known ankylosing spondylitis presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 3-day history of painful, red left eye and blurred vision. He reports photophobia and tea…

Eye emergencies · Bacterial conjunctivitis — classical presentation and differentiation difficulty 1/5

A 35-year-old man, Kwabena, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of bilateral eye redness, itching, and profuse yellowish-green discharge. Both eyes are crusted shut on …

Eye emergencies · Vitreous haemorrhage and retinal detachment — recognition difficulty 2/5

A 55-year-old woman, Yaa, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a sudden onset of painless floaters and a 'dark curtain' descending from above in her left eye, starting two hours ago. She is …

Eye emergencies · Episcleritis versus scleritis — differentiation difficulty 2/5

A 40-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with a 1-day history of redness in his right eye. He reports mild discomfort but no significant pain, no discharge, and no …

Eye emergencies · Traumatic anterior uveitis — initial investigation difficulty 3/5

A 14-year-old boy, Mohammed, is brought to a regional hospital A&E with right eye pain, photophobia, and redness for 18 hours after his older brother accidentally poked his eye. On examination: visual…

Eye emergencies · Bacterial conjunctivitis - classical presentation difficulty 1/5

A 30-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Accra with a 2-day history of red, itchy eyes with a mucopurulent discharge that has caused her eyelids to stick together in the morn…

Eye emergencies · Scleritis - classical presentation and systemic associations difficulty 2/5

A 55-year-old woman, Adwoa, with rheumatoid arthritis presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with a 5-day history of severe, deep, boring pain in her right eye that is worse at night and wake…

Eye emergencies · Acute angle closure glaucoma — initial medical treatment difficulty 2/5

A 47-year-old woman, Adwoa, is diagnosed with acute angle closure glaucoma at a regional hospital A&E. Her intraocular pressure is measured at 54 mmHg. She has no contraindications to systemic medicat…

Eye emergencies · Acute anterior uveitis — classical presentation difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with a 2-day history of right eye redness, mild aching discomfort, and photophobia. She has no discharge. On examination, ther…

Eye emergencies · Episcleritis versus scleritis - differential recognition difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old man, Yaw, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 1-day history of mild redness and a dull aching sensation in his right eye. He has no discharge, no photophobia, and his visual acuity is…

Fever in adults · Urinary source of fever — pyelonephritis recognition difficulty 1/5

Kofi, a 45-year-old man, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 5-day history of fever, dysuria, and right loin pain. Temperature is 38.9°C, heart rate 104 bpm, and there is marked right cos…

Fever in adults · Triage prioritisation — qSOFA across multiple febrile patients difficulty 3/5

Four patients are triaged simultaneously at a district hospital A&E. Patient 1: 30-year-old man, fever 38.2°C, mild headache, alert, vital signs normal. Patient 2: 55-year-old woman, fever 39.0°C, RR …

Fever in adults · Septic arthritis — recognition and immediate management difficulty 2/5

Adwoa, a 40-year-old nurse, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-day history of fever, right knee pain, and swelling. She has no history of trauma. Temperature is 38.7°C, and the right knee is hot…

Fever in adults · Pneumonia as fever source - classical presentation difficulty 1/5

Kofi, a 58-year-old man with diabetes, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-day history of fever, productive cough, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. On examination, temperature is…

Fever in adults · Typhoid fever classical presentation difficulty 2/5

Yaw, a 45-year-old civil servant, presents to a regional hospital A&E with a 7-day history of gradually worsening fever, frontal headache, and abdominal discomfort. He has not travelled outside Accra …

Fever in adults · Atypical pneumonia red flags difficulty 2/5

Yaw, a 34-year-old man, presents to the regional hospital A&E with a 6-day history of fever, dry cough, and progressive breathlessness. He has no chest pain. Chest X-ray shows bilateral patchy infiltr…