A 28-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by her sister after disclosing she has been thinking about killing herself. She took 20 tablets of paracetamol two hours ago. V…
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Ama, a 78-year-old retired civil servant, is brought to the A&E at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital by her daughter. She has become acutely confused, aggressive, and is shouting and attempting to climb out …
A 22-year-old university student, Ama, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her roommates. She has been awake for four days, speaking rapidly about receiving divine messages, and spent all her money i…
Ama, a 19-year-old student, presents to the A&E at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with multiple superficial lacerations to both forearms, which she inflicted herself with a razor blade 2 hours ago. The wo…
Kwame, a 45-year-old man with a known history of schizophrenia, is brought to the district hospital A&E by police after being found wandering on the Accra-Kumasi highway at night, stating he wants to …
A 35-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in Ashanti by police after being found on a bridge stating he intended to jump. He has no physical injuries. He denies suicidal intent no…
A 35-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre by security staff after becoming violently agitated in the waiting area. He is shouting, throwing objects, and has punched a nurse. He c…
Yaw, a 52-year-old man with a 20-year history of schizophrenia managed on depot fluphenazine decanoate, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale by his family. Over the past 48 hours he has d…
A 30-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by police after assaulting a family member. He is acutely agitated, shouting incoherently, and has attempted to bite a nurse. Verbal…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives after he was found standing on a rooftop saying he wanted to 'end everything.' He is now calm and cooperative. He has no prior …
A 22-year-old woman, Afia, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in Northern Ghana by police after she was found running in traffic, shouting incoherently, and undressing in public. She is agitated an…
Akua, a 38-year-old woman, presents to the A&E of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region with sudden-onset pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness that began 5 days after a long bus journey from Ku…
A 47-year-old woman is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital ED in haemodynamic collapse. She was admitted 3 days ago post-elective hysterectomy for fibr…
Mohammed, a 28-year-old male footballer, is seen at a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region with a 3-day history of right calf swelling and mild breathlessness that started after a long road tri…
Kofi, a 72-year-old retired civil servant, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with acute onset dyspnoea and near-syncope. He has no prior history of venous thromboembolism and is not on anticoagula…
Akosua, a 34-year-old woman, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-day history of left-sided pleuritic chest pain and mild dyspnoea. She delivered her second child 6 weeks ago and has been taking c…
Fatima, a 47-year-old woman, presents to the A&E of a district hospital in the Northern Region with a 2-day history of progressive exertional dyspnoea and mild, non-pleuritic central chest discomfort.…
Kwabena, a 58-year-old man with a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, is brought by relatives to the Korle Bu emergency centre after collapsing at home. He was found unresponsive for…
Ama, a 55-year-old woman, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre after being referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. She received 5000 units IV heparin at the dis…
Adwoa, a 38-year-old teacher, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 3-day history of progressive dyspnoea and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. She underwent an uncomplicated laparosc…
A 45-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with sudden-onset chest pain and breathlessness that started 4 hours ago. She returned from Accra by overnight bus 3 days prior. She is on com…
Ama, a 58-year-old market trader with known hypertension, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Volta Region with 2 days of progressive dyspnoea and mild chest discomfort. She is haemodynamical…
A 58-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by his family after collapsing at home. He had complained of sudden-onset breathlessness and right-sided chest discomfort for two …
Adwoa, a 34-year-old woman, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 3-day history of progressive dyspnoea and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. She delivered her first child 10 days ago…
A 28-year-old man, Kwesi, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with two days of mild dyspnoea and chest tightness. He has no past medical history, takes no medications, and has not trave…
Akosua, a 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes, presents to the regional hospital ED in Kumasi with a 3-day history of productive cough, fever, and confusion. Her daughter says she has been unable t…
Kofi, a 45-year-old man with a 10-year history of severe asthma, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre after 4 hours of progressive wheeze and dyspnoea unresponsive to his home salbutamol inhaler.…
A 61-year-old woman, Afia, with known COPD is brought to the A&E of a district hospital in Northern Region with increasing breathlessness over 48 hours. Vitals: RR 26/min, SpO2 86% on room air, HR 104…
A 4-year-old boy named Kofi is brought to Komfo Anokye ED. His mother reports that he had a choking episode while eating groundnuts four weeks ago, and since then has had a persistent cough that has n…
A 68-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region by his family. He has a 20-year smoking history and known COPD on salbutamol and ipratropi…