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A 22-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre from a farming village in Ashanti Region after being bitten on the left forearm by a small, rough-scaled sn…

A 27-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital ED at 11 pm, 90 minutes after being bitten on the left hand by a slender snake she describes as brownish with a saw-like later…

A 34-year-old male farmer, Kwame, presents to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region of Ghana approximately 2 hours after sustaining a bite to his right ankle while harvesting millet. He repor…

Kofi, a 52-year-old cocoa farmer from Brong-Ahafo, is brought to the district hospital A&E by his co-workers at 10:30 after collapsing in the field. His colleagues report he had been spraying chlorpyr…

Kwabena, a 52-year-old cocoa farm labourer from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo, is rushed in by colleagues 90 minutes after accidentally splashing his face and arms with a concentrated chlorpyrifo…

Akua, a 34-year-old market trader in Kumasi, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her family at 22:00 after ingesting an unknown quantity of diphenhydramine tablets she purchased from a hawker, approx…

Ama, a 19-year-old university student in Accra, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by her roommate at 23:45 after a suspected deliberate self-poisoning. The roommate found an empty blister pa…

Mohammed, a 19-year-old apprentice mechanic, is found unresponsive in a locked room by his landlord in Tamale and brought to Tamale Teaching Hospital A&E by motorbike taxi. The landlord found an empty…

Akua, a 34-year-old market trader, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her family after ingesting an unknown quantity of her neighbour's 'sleeping tablets' approximately 3 hours ago in a deliberate s…

A 60-year-old man, Yaw, underwent an elective surgical tracheostomy at a regional hospital in the Ashanti Region 10 days ago for prolonged ventilatory support following a severe stroke. He is now on t…

A 34-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital in Sunyani following a stab wound to the anterior neck. On arrival he is in moderate respiratory distress with stridor, a hoarse voice, and…

A 61-year-old man is reviewed in the surgical outpatient clinic at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital 8 months after a tracheostomy performed during a prolonged ICU admission for Guillain-Barré syndrome. He w…

A 45-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the Tamale Teaching Hospital surgical unit with a 3-day history of progressive neck swelling and odynophagia. He is febrile (38.9°C), drooling saliva, and unable…

A surgical registrar at a regional hospital in the Volta Region is performing an open surgical tracheostomy under general anaesthesia in a 44-year-old man, Yaw, who has a large goitre causing progress…

A 42-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a road traffic accident on the Kumasi-Accra highway. He sustained a severe crush injury to the face and neck with …

A consultant ENT surgeon at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital is about to perform an elective surgical tracheostomy on a 55-year-old man with laryngeal carcinoma causing progressive stridor. The patient is i…

A 38-year-old man, Kwame, is admitted to the Komfo Anokye emergency theatre following a road traffic accident on the Kumasi–Accra highway. He sustained severe maxillofacial injuries with gross orophar…

During a regional hospital A&E morning handover in Tamale, the trauma team reviews the previous night's cases. A 44-year-old farmer named Yaw was involved in a tractor rollover and was trapped under t…

A 42-year-old man is referred from a district hospital to Korle Bu emergency centre after a road traffic collision. He has suspected pelvic fracture and closed abdominal injury. Vital signs on arrival…

A 3-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after falling from a second-floor window. He is unconscious with a GCS of 8. The paramedic team has placed him supine on …

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital in Ashanti Region following a high-speed road traffic collision in which he was an unrestrained front-seat passenger. On arrival,…

Adwoa, a 28-year-old woman at 32 weeks gestation, is brought to the regional hospital A&E after a road traffic collision in which she was a restrained front-seat passenger. On arrival she is anxious b…

Kofi, a 22-year-old farmer, sustains a machete laceration to the right thigh during a land dispute in the Brong-Ahafo region. He is brought by relatives to the district hospital approximately 2 hours …

A 35-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo following a machete assault to the left thigh. There is a deep laceration with pulsatile arterial bleeding. Vitals: HR…

A 23-year-old woman named Ama is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo Region after a motorcycle accident. She has bruising over her right upper abdomen. Vitals: BP 96/62 mmHg, HR 130/min, RR …

Kwame, a 28-year-old male, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi following a high-speed road traffic collision. He was an unrestrained front-seat passenger and sustained blunt abdominal an…

A 7-year-old girl, Akua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her mother after a road traffic collision in which she was an unrestrained rear passenger. On arrival she is anxious but responsive. Vital…

A 19-year-old student, Kofi, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after a stab wound to the left chest. He is alert but distressed. Vitals: HR 138 bpm, BP 76/48 mmHg, RR 30/min, SpO2 91%. Breath sounds are a…

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to Komfo Anokye ED after a high-speed road traffic collision. On arrival he is unconscious with audible gurgling respirations. Vitals: GCS 7, HR 118 b…

A 26-year-old woman at 28 weeks gestation is brought to a regional hospital ED after a motor vehicle collision in which she was an unrestrained passenger. She is haemodynamically stable: BP 118/76 mmH…