A 58-year-old man named Kwame collapses in the waiting area of Komfo Anokye ED. He is unresponsive, not breathing, and has no palpable pulse. The cardiac monitor shows a chaotic, irregular waveform wi…
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A 45-year-old woman named Akua is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after collapsing at home. CPR is in progress on arrival. The cardiac monitor is attached and shows a rapid, chaotic, irregular waveform…
A 58-year-old man named Kwame collapses in the waiting area of a regional hospital A&E in Ashanti Region. He is unresponsive, not breathing normally, and has no palpable pulse. A nurse calls for help …
A 45-year-old woman named Akua is brought to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after collapsing at home. CPR is in progress on arrival. The cardiac monitor shows ventricular fibrillation. Three s…
A 70-year-old woman named Adwoa collapses in the medical ward of a regional hospital. CPR is commenced. The monitor shows a slow, organised rhythm at 30 beats per minute with broad QRS complexes, but …
A 58-year-old man named Kwame collapses in the waiting area of Komfo Anokye ED. He is unresponsive, not breathing, and has no palpable pulse. The nurse calls for help and begins the resuscitation sequ…
A 50-year-old man named Yaw is in cardiac arrest in the resus bay of Komfo Anokye ED. He has been in ventricular fibrillation. Three defibrillation shocks have been delivered and CPR has resumed. Intr…
A 48-year-old man named Mensah is successfully resuscitated after 15 minutes of CPR for ventricular fibrillation at Komfo Anokye ED. He remains unconscious after return of spontaneous circulation (ROS…
Akosua, a 45-year-old woman, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives after collapsing at home. CPR is in progress. The monitor is attached and shows a coarse, irregular waveform with no discern…
A 45-year-old woman named Akua is in cardiac arrest in the resus bay of a regional hospital A&E. CPR is in progress and the defibrillator pads are attached. The monitor displays a chaotic, irregular w…
Kwame, a 62-year-old man with known hypertension, arrests in the medical ward of a regional hospital. The monitor shows a flat line on two leads. CPR is ongoing and an IV line is in place. No shockabl…
A 58-year-old man named Kwame collapses in the waiting area of a regional hospital A&E in Kumasi. He is unresponsive, not breathing, and has no palpable pulse. The resuscitation team arrives within on…
A 58-year-old man collapses in the waiting area of a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region. He is unresponsive, not breathing, and has no palpable pulse. A nurse has begun chest compressions wh…
A 62-year-old man named Kofi is in cardiac arrest at Korle Bu emergency centre. CPR has been ongoing for 8 minutes. The monitor shows organised narrow-complex electrical activity but there is no palpa…
A 55-year-old man named Kofi is in cardiac arrest in the resus bay at Korle Bu emergency centre. He has been in ventricular fibrillation. Three defibrillation shocks have been delivered and CPR has co…
Kofi, a 62-year-old retired civil servant with a history of type 2 diabetes, presents to a regional hospital A&E with a 1-hour history of central chest pressure radiating to his left arm, associated w…
Yaw, a 62-year-old hypertensive man, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by his family with a sudden onset tearing chest pain that radiates straight through to his back between his shoulder bl…
Mensah, a 62-year-old man with known hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre with 30 minutes of severe central chest pressure radiating to his right arm. He is sweati…
Abena, a 55-year-old trader with known hypertension, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a sudden-onset tearing pain in her chest that immediately radiated to her upper back. She is pale, diaphoretic…
Mensah, a 61-year-old hypertensive man, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre clutching his chest. He describes 1 hour of severe crushing central chest pain with radiation to his jaw and left shou…
Kwame, a 58-year-old male trader, presents to Komfo Anokye ED with a 40-minute history of severe crushing central chest pain radiating to his left arm and jaw. He is sweating profusely and has vomited…
Akua, a 28-year-old woman on combined oral contraceptive pills, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 6-hour history of sudden-onset right-sided pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. She returned …
Ama, a 52-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden-onset severe tearing chest pain that radiates straight through to her back. On examination,…
Ama, a 45-year-old woman, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 3-hour history of left-sided chest pain that worsens when she takes a deep breath. She returned from a long bus journey from Tama…
Akua, a 34-year-old woman, presents to a regional hospital A&E in Ashanti with sudden onset right-sided pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness that began 2 days after a 14-hour bus journey from Accra…
Kwame, a 58-year-old male teacher, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 45-minute history of severe crushing chest pain radiating to his left arm and jaw. He is diaphoretic and nauseated, with a blo…
Kwame, a 58-year-old farmer, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 40-minute history of severe crushing central chest pain radiating to his left arm and jaw. He is diaphoretic and nau…
Akua, a 52-year-old woman with known hypertension, is brought to a regional hospital A&E with sudden-onset severe chest pain she describes as 'tearing', radiating straight through to her back. Her blo…
Joseph, a 55-year-old man with known hypertension, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with sudden-onset severe chest pain described as 'like something ripping inside my chest', radiating through to his u…
Ama, a 52-year-old teacher, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden-onset severe tearing chest pain that radiates directly through to her back between the shoulder blades. She looks pa…