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Acute Pancreatitis · Pancreatic pseudocyst — diagnosis and management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 38-year-old woman, Esi, presents to the surgical outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 6-week history of persistent epigastric fullness, early satiety, and a palpable…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Akua, a 34-year-old primary school teacher, presents to the ENT outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in Ashanti with a three-day history of acute onset severe rotatory vertigo, right-sided hearing…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the ENT outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Eastern Region with a three-week history of recurrent brief episodes of vertigo lasting less than one minu…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 45-year-old man, Kofi, presents to the ENT emergency clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a six-hour history of severe rotatory vertigo, right-sided hearing loss, right-sided tinnitus, and a se…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 5/5

Mohammed, a 62-year-old retired civil servant with a known history of atrial fibrillation (on warfarin, INR today 1.4 — sub-therapeutic), presents to the Korle Bu ENT emergency unit with a four-hour h…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 38-year-old woman, Akua, is seen in the ENT outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region. She describes three episodes of brief spinning vertigo over the past two weeks, each lasti…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 29-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the ENT clinic at a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region with a 5-day history of continuous severe rotatory vertigo, nausea, vomiting, and imbalance. She r…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Kwame, a 58-year-old hypertensive man, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency department by his wife after a sudden onset of severe rotatory vertigo, nausea, and vomiting that began two hours ago. H…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 34-year-old woman, Akua, is seen in the ENT outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region after being referred from a district hospital following three episodes of brief, intense ro…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 67-year-old man, Kwabena, is referred urgently from a district hospital in the Ashanti Region to the regional hospital ENT unit. He developed acute onset of severe vertigo and vomiting two hours ago…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to the ENT emergency unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by her daughter after a sudden onset of severe rotatory vertigo, nausea, and vomiting that began six h…

Acute Vertigo Assessment in the ENT Emergency — HINTS Exam and Peripheral vs Central Differential · ENT ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 45-year-old woman, Yaa, presents to the ENT emergency clinic at a regional hospital in the Western Region with a 3-day history of episodic vertigo lasting 20–30 minutes per episode, right-sided low-…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 2-year-old boy, Kwame Junior, is brought to the district hospital emergency bay in Brong-Ahafo by his mother after she witnessed him choking while eating groundnuts at a family gathering approximate…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 2-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region by his mother after a sudden episode of choking while eating groundnuts at home approximately 2 hours ago. He ini…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 3-year-old girl, Akua, is brought to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by her father after a sudden choking episode while playing with small plastic beads 30 minutes ago. She is now in severe respirato…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 4-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to the Korle Bu paediatric surgical ward three weeks after a witnessed choking episode on a piece of dried fish bone. His parents initially dismissed the event becau…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 2-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital surgical ward in Brong-Ahafo by his mother, who witnessed him playing with groundnuts approximately 30 minutes ago before suddenly developi…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 58-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to the regional hospital emergency department in the Eastern Region by relatives after collapsing at a funeral. Witnesses report he was eating fufu when he sudden…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 35-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre after choking on a piece of meat at a chop bar. He is conscious but in severe respiratory distress with a SpO2 of 82% on room a…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 3-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to the Korle Bu paediatric surgical unit with a 3-week history of recurrent right lower lobe pneumonia that has not resolved despite two courses of oral amoxicillin …

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 58-year-old woman, Adwoa, is referred from a district hospital to the UGMC surgical unit after a witnessed choking episode at a funeral reception 6 hours ago, where she is believed to have aspirated…

Airway Foreign Body (Paediatric and Adult) · ENT ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 4-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought urgently to the district hospital in the Upper West Region after choking on a piece of yam 20 minutes ago. He is now in severe respiratory distress, unable to cry or…

Airway Management · MMHANS for difficult BVM ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 63-year-old woman, Afia, is brought unconscious to the Korle Bu emergency centre by her family. She is a known hypertensive and type 2 diabetic. She is edentulous (no teeth), with a large tongue, a …

Airway Management · Jaw thrust in suspected C-spine injury ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 45-year-old man is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre after a road traffic accident. He is unconscious with a GCS of 6 (E1V2M3) and has a suspected cervical spine injury. The airway nurse begins B…

Airway Management · Indications for AFOI — cervical spine pathology ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 67-year-old woman, Adwoa, is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region to the Komfo Anokye ED with known severe ankylosing spondylitis and a fractured right neck of femur after a f…

Airway Management · Failed intubation rescue — second-generation SGA ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 34-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a road traffic accident. She is unconscious with a GCS of 7, BP 110/70 mmHg, HR 104 bpm, SpO2 88% on 15 L/min oxygen via non-rebrea…

Airway Management · Paediatric CICO — needle cricothyroidotomy ★ HY difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 7-year-old girl (weight approximately 22 kg), is brought to a regional hospital ED in the Volta Region after ingesting a button battery 2 hours ago. She develops acute stridor, increasing respi…

Airway Management · NODESAT apnoeic oxygenation ★ HY difficulty 4/5

During a difficult intubation attempt in the Korle Bu Emergency Centre, a 55-year-old man, Kofi, with a predicted difficult airway (Mallampati IV, short thyromental distance) has been apnoeic for 45 s…

Airway Management · AFOI preparation — anti-sialagogue ★ HY difficulty 2/5

The emergency medicine team at Korle Bu is preparing a 44-year-old man, Kofi, with a large anterior mediastinal mass for awake fibreoptic intubation. He has positional dyspnoea — symptoms worsen drama…

Airway Management · RSI — Preparation ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a road traffic accident. He is unresponsive with a GCS of 6 (E1V2M3), has noisy airway sounds, and smells of alcohol. Vitals: BP 148/9…