During a teaching session at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ENT unit, a surgical registrar is asked about the anatomical basis for the risk of life-threatening haemorrhage during tonsillectomy and…
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A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region following a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was an unrestrained f…
Yaw, a 35-year-old farmer, is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region after being struck by a tractor. He has an obvious open fracture of the right femur with brisk haemorrhage from the …
A 19-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Tamale Teaching Hospital resus bay following a motorcycle collision. He has a deep laceration to the right thigh with pulsatile bright-red haemorrhage. A byst…
Ama, a 34-year-old market trader, is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a machete attack. She has a deep slash wound to the left anterolateral neck at the level of the thyroid car…
Mohammed, a 22-year-old apprentice mechanic, is brought to a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region after sustaining a penetrating abdominal stab wound during a fight. His airway is clear, respir…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of a regional hospital in Ashanti Region following a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was a front-seat passenge…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the resus bay of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by relatives after a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was an unrestrained front-seat passe…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region following a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was a front-seat pass…
A 19-year-old student, Akosua, is brought by relatives to a district hospital surgical ward in the Upper West Region after falling from a mango tree approximately 4 metres high. She landed on her left…
A 35-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to a regional hospital in Brong-Ahafo following a stab wound to the left chest in the 4th intercostal space, mid-clavicular line. She is alert and distressed. Vit…
A 34-year-old woman, Ama, is brought to a district hospital surgical ward in the Upper West Region after sustaining a stab wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen during a domestic dispute. S…
A 34-year-old woman, Akua, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital following a stab wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen sustained during a …
A 35-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region to the regional hospital after sustaining a stab wound to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen. She received…
A 45-year-old man is brought to the Korle Bu resus bay following a high-speed road traffic collision. He is unconscious (GCS 7: E1V2M4). There is blood in the oropharynx and gurgling respirations are …
A 19-year-old student, Esi, is brought to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital resus bay after a motorcycle collision. She is unconscious with a GCS of 6/15 (E1V2M3). There is significant facial swelling, b…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital following a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was an unrestrained front-seat p…
A 38-year-old woman, Akua, with known sickle-cell disease (HbSS) is brought to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre after a road traffic collision. She has sustained a grade III splenic laceration confi…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region following a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was an unrestrained f…
A 42-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to a district hospital surgical ward in the Bono East Region following a motor vehicle crash. He was a motorcyclist struck by a lorry. He has a witnessed loss of …
A 34-year-old woman, Akua, is referred from a district hospital in the Upper West Region to the regional hospital after sustaining a single stab wound to the left upper quadrant of the abdomen during …
A 42-year-old man, Yaw, is brought from the scene of a farming accident in the Brong-Ahafo Region to a district hospital after a tractor rolled onto his abdomen. He is conscious and alert (GCS 15). Vi…
A 45-year-old man, Mensah, is admitted to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo following a motor vehicle collision in which he was a motorcyclist struck by a truck. He is combative and agitated. Prima…
A 19-year-old man, Mohammed, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital following a road traffic collision. He was an unrestrained motorcyclist struck by a…
A 19-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the district hospital surgical ward in Upper East Region after being struck by a motor-tricycle (Pragya). He has an open fracture of the right tibia with brisk ar…
A 35-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a stab wound to the left chest in the 4th intercostal space, mid-clavicular line. She is agitated and combative. Vital…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the resus bay of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region after a road traffic collision on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He was a front-seat passenge…
A 19-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency theatre following a gunshot wound to the right thigh sustained during an armed robbery. A tourniquet was applied by b…
A 42-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo Region following a farming accident in which a tractor rolled over his lower chest and upper abdomen. He is in severe respir…
A 6-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to the A&E of a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a displaced forearm fracture requiring closed reduction. He is extremely distressed and uncooperative. There is…