A 6-year-old boy, Mohammed, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his mother with a 2-day history of right eyelid swelling and redness. He had an upper respiratory tract infection one week prior. On ex…
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Akua, a 22-year-old laboratory technician, presents to the Komfo Anokye Emergency Department after a splash of concentrated sodium hydroxide solution into both eyes while working without protective go…
A 72-year-old woman, Maame Adwoa, presents to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a low-energy fall at home. She had a right total hip arthroplasty (THA) three years ago. She …
Aisha, a 35-year-old female farmer, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital. She sustained a machete injury to her left forearm 3 hours ago during a far…
Kofi, a 34-year-old man, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Volta Region after being struck by a speeding vehicle as a pedestrian. He has a suspected closed fracture …
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a motorcycle collision. He has a 12 cm contaminated wound over the mid-shaft tibia with exposed bon…
Kofi, a 28-year-old mechanic, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after his right forearm was caught in industrial machinery. On examination, he has a 6 cm wound over the mid-forearm with visible contam…
Afia, a 19-year-old woman, was involved in a road traffic accident in Kumasi and is now 8 hours post-operative following intramedullary nailing of a closed femur fracture at a regional hospital. She i…
Adwoa, a 19-year-old student, sustained a closed tibial shaft fracture after a road traffic collision near Sunyani. She was treated with a backslab at the district hospital and referred to the regiona…
Yaw, a 19-year-old student, falls off his motorcycle and is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. He reports severe right elbow pain after the fall. On examination: BP 110/70 mmHg, HR 104 bpm…
Mohammed, a 45-year-old construction worker, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre after falling from scaffolding. He has severe left hip pain and cannot bear weight. Examination: BP 100/60 mmHg, HR…
A 55-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency centre after a high-speed vehicle collision. He complains of severe pelvic pain. Primary survey is intact. Vitals: BP 88/60 mmHg, HR 12…
Akosua, a 65-year-old woman with hypertension, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-day history of intermittent peri-umbilical pain. On arrival, she is h…
Adwoa, a 71-year-old woman with a known history of hypertension and previous aortic stent-graft repair, attends the Korle Bu Emergency Centre with mild central abdominal discomfort. Observations are s…
Kofi, a 67-year-old man with a history of smoking and ischaemic heart disease, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with sudden-onset central chest pain radiating to the jaw, diaphoresis, a…
Akua, a 34-year-old woman with known HIV, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre with progressive dyspnoea, muffled heart sounds, raised jugular venous pressure, and a blood pressure of 76/52 mmH…
Ama, a 52-year-old obese woman, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with acute right upper quadrant pain. You perform hepatobiliary POCUS using a curvilinear probe (3–5 MHz). In the subcostal lo…
Akua, a 38-year-old woman, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 6-hour history of right upper quadrant pain radiating to the right shoulder, nausea, and low-grade fever. Her vital signs are: BP 118/…
Mohammed, a 52-year-old man with no known medical history, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by ambulance with acute severe breathlessness of 2 hours' duration. He has no fever, no chest pai…
Yaw, a 34-year-old male, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Northern Region following a road traffic collision. He is hypotensive (BP 80/50 mmHg) and tachycardic. On examination, breath soun…
Akua, a 58-year-old woman with known hypertension and heart failure, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with acute onset breathlessness and orthopnoea for 6 hours. Her oxygen saturation is 84% on room ai…
Fatima, a 31-year-old woman with 8 weeks of amenorrhoea and a serum beta-hCG of 980 mIU/mL, presents to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with mild left adnexal discomfort and no vaginal bleeding. She i…
Mohammed, a 28-year-old man, brings his wife Fatima (22 years old) to the regional hospital A&E. She is 6 weeks pregnant by last menstrual period and presents with sudden-onset severe lower abdominal …
Akua, a 34-year-old woman with sickle cell disease, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED in vaso-occlusive crisis requiring IV analgesia. Her veins are heavily scarred from multiple previous admissions and…
A 72-year-old man is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by his family with a 3-day history of fever, rigors, and inability to void urine. He has a known history of benign prostatic hyperplasia. …
Kofi, a 58-year-old man with decompensated heart failure and massive ascites, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED in Kumasi with severe abdominal distension and respiratory distress. The emergency physici…
Adwoa, a 45-year-old woman with known alcoholic liver disease, presents to the regional hospital ED in Kumasi with abdominal distension, shortness of breath, and bilateral leg swelling for 2 weeks. Sh…
A 62-year-old woman, Yaa, with morbid obesity (BMI 44 kg/m²) and chronic low back pain is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-hour history of sudden-onset severe headache described as 't…
A 45-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo following a stab wound to the left chest. He is hypotensive at 82/56 mmHg, tachycardic at 136 bpm, and his neck veins are dist…
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED resus bay following a high-speed road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He is haemodynamically unstable with a blood pressure o…