Mensah, a 55-year-old civil servant with a history of ischaemic heart disease, presents to a regional hospital A&E after a sudden loss of consciousness at home with no warning. His wife reports he was…
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Akua, a 19-year-old female student, is brought to the A&E of a district hospital in Ashanti Region after collapsing in a crowded church service. Witnesses report she looked pale and sweaty before slum…
Mohammed, a 72-year-old retired farmer with a history of heart failure and diabetes, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a witnessed syncopal episode. He had no prodrome and was unconscious for ab…
A 22-year-old woman named Akua presents to a district hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region after collapsing in a long queue at the bank. Witnesses report she looked pale and sweaty before slumping to th…
Kwame, a 68-year-old retired teacher with known hypertension, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a witnessed collapse while walking to his car. There was no prodrome; he was unconscious for appro…
A 35-year-old farmer, Yaw, is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region after collapsing in his cocoa farm. His relatives report he was spraying pesticides without protective equipment. On…
A 22-year-old woman, Ama, presents to a district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region six hours after deliberately swallowing 20 tablets of paracetamol 500 mg (total 10 g). She is alert and currently has no…
A 40-year-old farmer, Fatima, is brought to a district hospital in the Upper West Region after being found collapsed in her field. Her family reports she was spraying crops. On examination, she is unc…
A 45-year-old cocoa farmer, Kofi, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after collapsing in his field. Bystanders report he was spraying pesticide. On examination he is unconscious, with pr…
A 22-year-old man named Kwabena is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region after a motorcycle collision. He has a GCS of 15, blood pressure 100/65 mmHg, and heart rate 105 beats per minu…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi following a road traffic collision. He is found lying on the roadside with blood pouring from a deep laceration to his right…
A 19-year-old man named Yaw is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after a machete wound to his right thigh. There is pulsatile bright red bleeding from the wound that has soaked through two…
Ama, a 35-year-old woman, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after being stabbed in the left chest. On examination she is in severe respiratory distress, with absent breath sounds on the left, tracheal…
A 28-year-old man named Kwame is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED following a road traffic collision. He is unconscious and making gurgling sounds. There is visible blood in his mouth and his neck veins…
A 24-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region with lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding for one day. Her last menstrual period was 8 weeks ago. On examination…
A 22-year-old woman, Esi, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre after being found unresponsive. Her housemates report she took an unknown quantity of paracetamol tablets approximately 4 hours ago. S…
A 35-year-old woman, Yaa, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 6-hour history of repeated vomiting of large volumes of bright red blood. She has a known history of heavy alcohol use. On examin…
Kofi, a 60-year-old man with known cancer of the prostate, presents to the district hospital A&E in Northern Region. He has been on regular oral morphine for pain control for the past three weeks and …
A 72-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo by her daughter. She has not opened her bowels for 10 days and complains of lower abdominal discomfort and bloating. …
Adwoa, a 28-year-old woman, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Volta Region. She reports not having opened her bowels for four days following a low-fibre diet and reduced fluid intake during a b…
A 60-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in the Eastern Region after his wife found him suddenly confused and agitated. He has a history of hypertension and is on amlodipine. O…
A 28-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by police after she was found undressing in public, shouting that she was being chased by spirits. She has no known medical history and tak…
A 55-year-old woman, Afia, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Volta Region by her family. She has a sudden onset severe headache described as 'the worst headache of her life', followed by conf…
A 45-year-old man, Kofi, presents to a regional hospital A&E with bruising around both eyes and a fractured nose after reportedly 'being beaten by neighbours'. During the consultation, he becomes tear…
A 32-year-old woman, Ama, is seen in the Korle Bu Emergency Centre following a sexual assault that occurred four hours ago. She is requesting forensic examination and wishes to report to the police. S…
A 68-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Volta Region by his daughter-in-law. He has multiple bruises over his trunk and arms in different stages of healing. When alone …
A 4-year-old girl, Akua, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region. Her mother reports she fell against a table. On examination, there is a 2 cm elliptical mark on her left forearm …
A 70-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to a regional hospital A&E by a neighbour. He appears malnourished, has multiple pressure sores over his sacrum, and has not seen a doctor in over a year. His adul…
Ama, a 45-year-old woman with no prior medical history, presents to Komfo Anokye ED with sudden-onset pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness that began four hours ago. She recently returned from a lo…
A 30-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the regional hospital A&E unconscious after a generalised seizure. He is breathing spontaneously but is unresponsive to voice. You apply a head-tilt chin-lift and…