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Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Resuscitation endpoint — urine output titration ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old woman, Akua, with known hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, is admitted to the Korle Bu burns unit following a cooking fire accident. She has 30% TBSA burns comprising deep partia…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Paediatric burns TBSA estimation ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 6-year-old girl, Akosua, is referred from a district hospital in the Upper East Region to the regional hospital after sustaining scalds to her face, neck, anterior chest, and both upper limbs when a…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Parkland formula calculation and timing ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old farmer, Kofi, is brought by relatives to the district hospital surgical ward in Brong-Ahafo after a bush-fire accident. He sustained flame burns to both upper limbs and the anterior trun…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Parkland formula timing and pre-hospital fluid accounting ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Yaw, a 35-year-old welder, is admitted to the regional hospital burns unit 2 hours after sustaining flame burns while working on a gas cylinder. He has deep dermal and full-thickness burns to both han…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Paediatric TBSA estimation ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 7-year-old boy, Kofi, is brought to the paediatric surgical ward at a regional hospital in the Volta Region after scalding with boiling water. Burns are present on the face, both thighs (anterior su…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Inhalation injury and airway management in burns ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 28-year-old subsistence farmer, is brought to a district hospital in the Bono East Region by relatives after a kerosene lantern exploded in his enclosed mud-brick dwelling. He sustained burns …

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Escharotomy for circumferential burns ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 42-year-old man, Yaw, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional hospital after sustaining burns in a bush fire while farming. He has circumferential full-thickness burns to…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Inhalation injury and airway management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 40-year-old woman, Abena, is brought to the resus bay of a district hospital in the Upper East Region after her clothing caught fire during a funeral celebration. She has burns to her face, neck, an…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Paediatric burns TBSA and resuscitation ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 6-year-old girl, Akosua, weighing 20 kg, is admitted to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital burns unit after scalding with boiling water. She has burns to her entire head and neck, anterior right upper l…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · TBSA estimation — rule of nines ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the emergency department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a domestic kerosene fire. He sustained burns to his entire right arm, the anterior…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Parkland formula and TBSA calculation ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought by relatives to the emergency department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a kerosene cooking-stove explosion in his home in Kumasi. He has burns to both ant…

Burns Assessment and Fluid Resuscitation · Parkland formula and TBSA estimation ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the emergency department of a regional hospital in Ashanti Region after a kerosene lantern explosion in his home. He sustained burns to his entire right arm, th…

Buruli Ulcer · WHO staging and early management of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 10-year-old girl named Ama is brought to a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region by her father. She has a painless swelling on her left upper arm that has been present for five weeks. On exami…

Buruli Ulcer · Aetiology and microbiology of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 12-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to a district hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region by his mother. She reports a painless swelling on his right forearm that appeared three wee…

Buruli Ulcer · Antibiotic treatment of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 35-year-old woman named Ama is referred from a district hospital in the Oti Region to the regional hospital with a confirmed Category I Buruli ulcer (IS2404 PCR positive) on her right upper arm meas…

Buruli Ulcer · Surgical management and reconstruction ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 35-year-old woman, Akua, is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region to the regional surgical unit with a 10-week history of a painless ulcer on her left thigh. The ulcer measures…

Buruli Ulcer · Diagnosis and laboratory confirmation of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 35-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the surgical outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region with a six-week history of a painless ulcer on her left lower leg. She is a subsi…

Buruli Ulcer · Surgical management of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 9-year-old boy named Yaw is seen at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a Category III Buruli ulcer involving the entire anterior aspect of his left thigh. He has completed 8 weeks of rifampicin plu…

Buruli Ulcer · WHO antibiotic treatment protocol ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old woman, Ama, presents to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital surgical outpatient department with a 10 cm ulcer on her left lower leg. She reports that it started as a painless swelling eig…

Buruli Ulcer · Surgical management and timing of skin grafting ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 35-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the surgical outpatient clinic at a regional hospital in the Central Region with a 10-week history of a painless swelling on her left forearm that has now broken…

Buruli Ulcer · WHO staging and classification ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 9-year-old girl, Abena, is brought by her father to the outpatient department of a district hospital in the Central Region with a painless nodule on her right upper arm that has been present for 5 w…

Buruli Ulcer · Buruli osteomyelitis — WHO Category III ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 9-year-old girl named Akua from the Denkyira district in the Central Region is referred to the regional hospital with a 14-week history of a painless ulcer on her right thigh. Her mother reports the…

Buruli Ulcer · Aetiology and causative organism ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 12-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region by his mother. She reports a painless swelling on his right forearm that began three week…

Buruli Ulcer · Medical management of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old man, Yaw, is referred from a district hospital in the Western Region to a regional hospital with a three-month history of a painless, progressively enlarging ulcer on his right thigh. He…

Buruli Ulcer · Category III disease with bone involvement ★ HY difficulty 4/5

A 35-year-old farmer, Yaw, is referred to the regional hospital surgical unit in the Central Region with a large, longstanding ulcer over the right lower leg. He reports the ulcer began as a painless …

Buruli Ulcer · Management of non-ulcerative Category I Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 9-year-old girl, Ama, is seen in the surgical outpatient clinic of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. She was referred from a district hospital in the Ashanti Region with a six-week history of a painle…

Buruli Ulcer · Surgical management and wound closure ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 28-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in the Western Region to the regional hospital surgical unit with a 14 cm × 10 cm Buruli ulcer over the left lateral thigh, confirmed by …

Buruli Ulcer · Aetiology of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 12-year-old girl named Akua is brought to a district hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region by her mother, who noticed a painless swelling on her right forearm three months ago. T…

Buruli Ulcer · Aetiology and pathophysiology of Buruli ulcer ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 14-year-old boy named Kofi is brought to a district hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region by his mother. She reports a painless swelling on his right forearm that began three mon…

Buruli Ulcer · Aetiology and clinical recognition ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 12-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital surgical outpatient clinic in the Ashanti Region by his mother. She reports a painless swelling on his right forearm that appeared three w…