Afia, a 44-year-old woman with a known goitre, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by her husband. She had a thyroidectomy planned for next month but presented today with palpitations, anxiety…
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Akosua, a 34-year-old woman known with Addison's disease, is brought to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by her husband after two days of profuse watery diarrhoea and vomiting. S…
A 72-year-old man, Yaw, is referred from a district hospital in the Volta Region to the regional A&E after being found unresponsive at home in the harmattan cold. His family reports he has been increa…
A 19-year-old woman, Afia, is brought to a regional hospital ED by her family. She has type 1 diabetes and has been vomiting for 2 days. On examination: BP 98/60 mmHg, HR 118/min, RR 28/min, temperatu…
A 55-year-old man, Mensah, with type 2 diabetes on metformin and glibenclamide is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region with a five-day history of progressive weakness, polyuria,…
Abena, a 55-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes for 8 years, presents to the regional hospital ED in the Northern Region with a swollen, erythematous right foot for 4 days. She has no fever and no sys…
A 65-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in the Volta Region with 4 days of polydipsia, lethargy, and progressive confusion. She has known type 2 diabetes and hypertension. …
Kofi, a 67-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional hospital ED with a non-healing wound on the dorsum of his right foot…
A 68-year-old woman is referred from a district hospital in the Upper West Region with a two-week history of progressive lethargy, constipation, and swelling of the face and limbs. Her family reports …
Kofi, a 38-year-old fisherman, presents to a coastal district hospital in the Central Region after stepping on something in the sea while wading into shallow water. He describes immediate, excruciatin…
A 19-year-old university student named Yaa is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region after being found confused and shivering in the early morning following an overnight outdoor event i…
A 34-year-old woman, Afia, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by family after being struck by lightning while working in a peri-urban farm. She was found motionless after the strike. On arriv…
A 32-year-old construction worker, Mohammed, is referred from a district hospital in Northern Ghana to Tamale Teaching Hospital after sustaining exertional heat stroke two days ago. He was treated wit…
A 67-year-old man is brought to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital emergency centre by his family. He was found confused and cold in his room after his family had not seen him for two days. He has a histo…
A 67-year-old woman, Adwoa, with no significant medical history is referred from a community clinic to the regional hospital ED in Tamale with a 2-day history of progressive confusion, fever, and redu…
A 34-year-old construction worker, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital ED in Kumasi by his colleagues at 14:00. He had been working outdoors in direct sunlight for six hours without adequate wat…
A 67-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by family after being found confused and unresponsive to commands at home. She has no air conditioning, lives alone, and has not been see…
During a mass casualty triage exercise at a regional hospital in the Upper East Region, a faculty supervisor asks a group of EM residents to identify the best method for measuring core temperature in …
A 3-year-old girl named Afia is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region by her parents. She was found submerged face-down in a plastic water storage drum — depth approximately 60 cm — fo…
A 7-year-old boy named Kwame is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region after being stung by a scorpion while playing near a woodpile. His mother reports he screamed immediately and has …
Kwame, a 19-year-old military recruit, collapses during a 10 km forced march in hot weather and is brought to the district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. On arrival he is unconscious (GCS 6). Vitals: temper…
A group of five secondary school students are brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre after swimming at a beach near Accra. One of them, Yaa, a 16-year-old girl, complains of immediate burning pain, prur…
A group of 20 teenagers attending a scout camp near the Pra River in the Central Region report that one of their companions, a 16-year-old boy named Mohammed, dived from a rope swing into the river an…
A 52-year-old night-watchman, Kofi, is referred to the Komfo Anokye ED from a district hospital after sustaining a high-voltage electrical injury from a broken 11 kV distribution line approximately 4 …
A 44-year-old man, Kwesi, is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre after a high-voltage (33,000 V overhead power line) electrical injury at a telecommunications mast site. He was resuscitated at th…
A 5-year-old girl named Yaa is brought to a district hospital in Upper West Region after she was found floating face-down in a domestic water storage drum. Her mother pulled her out and she is now bre…
A 34-year-old fisherman named Kofi is brought to a district hospital in the Western Region after his canoe capsized in the ocean at night. He was retrieved from the water after approximately 90 minute…
Aisha, a 24-year-old market trader, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED 15 minutes after multiple bee stings while working outdoors. She reports prior bee stings with local swelling only. She is acutely…
A 9-year-old boy, Yaw, is brought to a district hospital A&E after being submerged in a river for an estimated 3 minutes before being rescued. He was coughing on arrival but is now alert, comfortable,…
A 67-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to a regional hospital ED after touching a faulty household appliance (220 V). She is alert, GCS 15/15. Vitals: BP 146/88 mmHg, HR 102 bpm irregular, RR 18/min, …