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Respiratory Emergencies · Community-acquired pneumonia — empiric antibiotic choice and severity assessment difficulty 2/5

Abena, a 28-year-old primary school teacher with no significant past medical history, presents to a district hospital in the Northern Region with 5 days of cough with rusty sputum, pleuritic chest pai…

Respiratory Emergencies · Acute asthma severity classification difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old woman, Akosua, presents to a regional hospital ED with a 6-hour history of worsening breathlessness and wheeze. She has known asthma and uses salbutamol inhaler as needed. On examination…

Respiratory Emergencies · Submassive PE Management difficulty 4/5

A 61-year-old woman, Afia, is confirmed to have acute pulmonary embolism on CTPA at Korle Bu emergency centre. She is haemodynamically stable: HR 108 bpm, BP 104/68 mmHg, RR 22/min, SpO2 91% on 4 L/mi…

Respiratory Emergencies · Aspiration pneumonia and lung abscess difficulty 3/5

Yaw, a 52-year-old subsistence farmer, presents to a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region with a 3-week history of cough productive of foul-smelling, dark-brown sputum, fever, and 6 kg weight l…

Respiratory Emergencies · Intubation threshold in asthma difficulty 4/5

Mohammed, a 23-year-old man, is in the Komfo Anokye ED resus bay with acute severe asthma. He has received three salbutamol 5 mg nebulisers, ipratropium 500 mcg, IV hydrocortisone 200 mg, and IV magne…

Respiratory Emergencies · D-dimer Interpretation difficulty 3/5

A 67-year-old woman is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre with acute dyspnoea. She was recently treated for breast cancer. Vitals: HR 104, BP 110/70, RR 22, SpO2 93% on air. Wells score is calcu…

Respiratory Emergencies · Magnesium sulphate indication threshold difficulty 3/5

A 55-year-old woman, Adwoa, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with acute severe asthma. She received salbutamol nebulisers and IV hydrocortisone a…

Respiratory Emergencies · Wells Score - High Probability PE Management difficulty 4/5

A 45-year-old man, Yaw, presents to a regional hospital A&E with pleuritic chest pain and haemoptysis for 24 hours. He was recently diagnosed with HIV and started on antiretroviral therapy three weeks…

Respiratory Emergencies · NIV contraindications in COPD difficulty 3/5

A 72-year-old woman, Adwoa, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional A&E with a severe COPD exacerbation. She is alert and co-operative. Vitals: RR 32/min, SpO2 79% on room …

Respiratory Emergencies · Type 2 respiratory failure management and NIV escalation difficulty 4/5

A 74-year-old man, Yaw, with severe COPD is admitted to Komfo Anokye ED following a moderate exacerbation. He was started on 28% Venturi mask oxygen, nebulised salbutamol, oral prednisolone, and amoxi…

Respiratory Emergencies · Paediatric acute asthma — district hospital management difficulty 3/5

A 9-year-old boy named Kwame is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region by his mother with a 6-hour history of worsening cough, wheeze, and difficulty breathing. He was diagnosed with as…

Respiratory Emergencies · Primary spontaneous pneumothorax management difficulty 2/5

Kwame, a 22-year-old male university student with no significant medical history, presents to the regional hospital ED in Kumasi with a 6-hour history of sudden-onset left-sided pleuritic chest pain a…

Respiratory Emergencies · COPD — systemic steroids difficulty 2/5

Yaw, a 61-year-old retired miner with known COPD, presents to a district hospital in the Ashanti Region with a 4-day history of increased dyspnoea, cough, and greenish sputum. He is not a known asthma…

Respiratory Emergencies · Severe asthma - beta-2 agonist pharmacology and toxicity difficulty 4/5

Akua, a 34-year-old woman with a known history of severe persistent asthma, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED in Kumasi after 6 hours of worsening dyspnoea unresponsive to her home salbutamol inhaler.…

Respiratory Emergencies · Small primary spontaneous pneumothorax — conservative management difficulty 3/5

A 27-year-old man, Kofi, presents to a regional hospital ED with sudden pleuritic chest pain and mild breathlessness that began 3 hours ago. He is a non-smoker with no past medical history. He is 185 …

Respiratory Emergencies · Pneumonia in pregnancy — antibiotic safety difficulty 3/5

Fatima, a 34-year-old woman who is 32 weeks pregnant, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 4-day history of fever, cough productive of yellow sputum, and worsening shortness of breath. She has no ch…

Respiratory Emergencies · Foreign body aspiration — diagnosis and imaging difficulty 2/5

A mother brings her 18-month-old son, Kofi, to the district hospital in the Bono Region. She noticed him coughing and making noisy breathing sounds about 30 minutes ago while he was playing on the flo…

Respiratory Emergencies · Refractory asthma - ketamine pharmacology difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 34-year-old woman with brittle asthma, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Ashanti by her husband in extremis. She is obtunded, making minimal respiratory effort, with SpO2 unmeasurable …

Respiratory Emergencies · COPD — controlled oxygen therapy difficulty 2/5

Kwame, a 68-year-old man with known COPD, presents to a regional hospital ED in Kumasi with a 2-day history of worsening breathlessness and increased purulent sputum production. He smokes one pack per…

Respiratory Emergencies · Pneumothorax recurrence risk and prevention difficulty 4/5

Afia, a 38-year-old woman who is a known smoker, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre 14 months after her first episode of left-sided primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP), which was managed suc…

Respiratory Emergencies · Foreign body aspiration — radiology and investigation difficulty 3/5

Mohammed, a 58-year-old fisherman, is brought to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED by his colleague. The colleague reports that Mohammed was eating fried fish at a roadside chop bar an hour ago when he …

Respiratory Emergencies · COPD exacerbation — antibiotic indications difficulty 2/5

A 58-year-old man is seen at a district hospital emergency unit in the Northern Region. He has a chronic productive cough and uses salbutamol inhalers. He presents with 4 days of increased breathlessn…

Respiratory Emergencies · Community-acquired pneumonia pathogens difficulty 2/5

Kofi, a 55-year-old farmer, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo Region with a 5-day history of high fever, rigors, productive cough with rusty-coloured sputum, and right-sided pleuritic c…

Respiratory Emergencies · CURB-65 severity scoring in pneumonia difficulty 3/5

Akosua, a 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region by her son. She has had productive cough with greenish sp…

Respiratory Emergencies · Pneumonia in HIV — TB vs PCP differentiation difficulty 4/5

Yaw, a 45-year-old HIV-positive man on antiretroviral therapy, is admitted to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with a 3-week history of low-grade fever, night sweats, progressive dry cough, and a 6 kg …

Respiratory Emergencies · Disposition and discharge criteria in COPD exacerbation difficulty 3/5

A 58-year-old woman, Abena, presents to a regional hospital A&E with a COPD exacerbation. She is started on 24% Venturi mask, nebulised salbutamol, ipratropium, oral prednisolone 30 mg, and amoxicilli…

Respiratory Emergencies · Recurrent primary spontaneous pneumothorax difficulty 4/5

A 19-year-old woman, Afia, is referred to a regional hospital ED from a district hospital in the Northern Region with a diagnosis of right-sided pneumothorax confirmed on CXR. She has no underlying lu…

Respiratory Emergencies / Toxicology · COPD exacerbation — diagnostic pitfall / opioid toxidrome difficulty 4/5

A 70-year-old man, Mohammed, with severe COPD and known type 2 respiratory failure (baseline PaCO2 7.0 kPa) is brought to Tamale Teaching Hospital ED by his son after acute worsening of breathlessness…

Resuscitation · ECPR cannulation strategy difficulty 4/5

A 44-year-old man, Yaw, develops refractory cardiac arrest in the Korle Bu cardiac catheterisation laboratory 10 minutes into a primary PCI procedure for an acute anterior STEMI. CPR is commenced imme…

Resuscitation · ECPR contraindications difficulty 3/5

A 68-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre after a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. A bystander performed CPR within 3 minutes, and she arrived 22 minutes later i…