Yaa, a 70-year-old woman with hypertensive heart disease, is brought to the Tamale Teaching Hospital A&E by her family after collapsing at home. She is conscious and her blood pressure is 95/55 mmHg. …
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Kofi, a 62-year-old man with ischaemic cardiomyopathy and an ejection fraction of 30%, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-hour history of palpitations. He is alert and his blood pressu…
Kwame, a 58-year-old man with a known history of ischaemic cardiomyopathy, is brought to the A&E of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi after a witnessed collapse at home. He is conscious but dia…
Kwame, a 58-year-old man with a known history of previous myocardial infarction, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 30-minute history of palpitations and presyncope. He is diaphoretic and his bloo…
Kofi, a 63-year-old man with hypertensive heart disease and a previous anterior myocardial infarction three years ago, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre in Accra with sudden-onset palpitatio…
Yaa, a 67-year-old woman with known heart failure and atrial fibrillation, presents to a regional hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbance (yellow-green halos) for two…
A 28-year-old man named Kofi is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by friends after smoking crack cocaine at a party. He is agitated, diaphoretic, and complains of severe central chest pain and palpitatio…
A 19-year-old woman named Akua is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her family after ingesting an unknown quantity of her mother's amitriptyline tablets approximately 2 hours ago. She is confused, agi…
A 45-year-old man named Kwabena presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region with nausea, vomiting, and visual disturbance described as seeing yellow halos. He has known heart failure and…
A 62-year-old woman named Yaa is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre after being found unresponsive at home. Her daughter reports she takes atenolol 100 mg daily for hypertension. On examination …
Kwame, a 28-year-old man, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his family after they found him unresponsive at home with an empty blister pack of amitriptyline nearby. He is drowsy, tachycardic, and h…
Kofi, a 55-year-old bank manager, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by his wife. He reports sudden onset right-sided hearing loss that began abruptly yesterday evening while he was watching …
A 6-year-old boy named Kofi is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his mother. Three weeks ago he was treated at a district hospital for acute otitis media with oral amoxicillin, but his mother did not …
Akosua, a 42-year-old secondary school teacher, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED reporting that she woke up three days ago unable to hear clearly from her right ear. She denies ear pain, discharge, or …
Ama, a 38-year-old nurse, presents to a regional hospital ED in the Ashanti Region with a 4-day history of sudden left-sided hearing loss and tinnitus. She denies vertigo, otalgia, or otorrhoea. She i…
Ama, a 5-year-old girl, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with four days of fever, right-sided post-auricular swelling, and a painful ear. She had otitis media three weeks earlier treat…
Kwame, a 7-year-old boy, presents to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED with a 5-day history of fever, left ear pain, and a stiff neck. He had acute otitis media one month ago treated only with oral para…
Afia, a 31-year-old teacher, presents to a regional hospital ED in the Ashanti region with a 5-day history of right-sided throat pain, fever (38.7°C), and difficulty swallowing. She was started on ora…
Kwame, a 34-year-old man, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre with a 6-day history of worsening throat pain and 2 days of neck swelling. He was seen at a district health facility 3 days ago an…
A 52-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to the resus bay at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital by ambulance with a 2-day history of worsening floor-of-mouth swelling, dysphagia, and difficulty breathing. He is …
A 45-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the A&E at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 36-hour history of sudden, complete deafness in his right ear, accompanied by tinnitus but no vertigo. He has no …
A 6-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to the paediatric A&E at the 37 Military Hospital by his mother. She reports a 4-day history of sore throat, fever, and difficulty swallowing. Today he has developed…
A 62-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the A&E at Tamale Teaching Hospital by her family with acute-onset severe vertigo, vomiting, and unsteadiness that began 2 hours ago. She has a history of hyp…
A 52-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to the A&E at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by his family with a 3-day history of worsening floor-of-mouth swelling, odynophagia, and drooling. He is febrile at …
A 34-year-old man, Yaw, presents to the A&E at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a 2-day history of right-sided facial weakness. He is unable to close his right eye fully, the right corner of his mouth …
A 45-year-old teacher, Akua, presents to the A&E at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with sudden onset right-sided hearing loss that began 18 hours ago. She reports no preceding trauma, ear discharge, o…
A 62-year-old man, Kwabena, is brought to the A&E at Tamale Teaching Hospital with acute onset severe dizziness and vomiting that started 3 hours ago. He is unable to walk without support. On examinat…
An 82-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the emergency centre at Korle Bu by her adult son after a fall at home. She has a laceration over the right eyebrow and bruising over both forearms. Her son …
A 73-year-old woman, Abena, is brought to the emergency centre of a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region by her granddaughter. She presents with a three-week history of vaginal bleeding and per…
A 65-year-old man, Joseph, is seen at a regional hospital emergency department in the Volta Region. He was brought by a community health nurse who found him at home following a visit triggered by a ne…