A 58-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital A&E by relatives with sudden-onset central chest pain radiating to the left arm for 90 minutes. His BP is 138/86 mmHg, HR 92 bpm, SpO₂ 96% …
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Yaw, a 55-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis, is brought to the district hospital A&E by relatives after missing two dialysis sessions. He is drowsy and his ECG shows tall, pea…
Mohammed, a 48-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED having missed two dialysis sessions. He is drowsy. His ECG shows narrow QRS complexes with tall…
Adwoa, a 72-year-old woman with known hypertension, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with palpitations and breathlessness. Her blood pressure is 105/70 mmHg. The ECG shows an irregularly irregular rhyt…
Akosua, a 61-year-old woman with known hypertension, presents to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with sudden-onset central chest pain radiating to her left arm. Her ECG shows 3 mm ST elevatio…
Mohammed, a 68-year-old man with hypertension, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED with syncope and progressive exertional dyspnoea. His pulse is 38 beats per minute and regular. The ECG shows P waves o…
A 60-year-old man is brought by relatives to the district hospital A&E in the Northern Region with end-stage renal failure and increasing lethargy. His serum potassium is 8.1 mmol/L. The ECG shows a w…
A 38-year-old woman is referred from a district hospital in the Volta Region to the regional A&E with a three-day history of sharp, positional chest pain that worsens on lying flat and improves on sit…
A 52-year-old man is brought to the regional hospital A&E by relatives complaining of palpitations and mild breathlessness for two hours. His BP is 118/76 mmHg, pulse is 150 bpm and irregular. The ECG…
A 60-year-old man, Yaw, collapses in the waiting area of the Korle Bu emergency centre. He is unresponsive, has no palpable pulse, and is not breathing. The cardiac monitor shows a chaotic, high-ampli…
A 3-year-old girl named Afia is brought to the district hospital A&E in Northern Region by her father. He found her playing with batteries from a remote control and noticed one was missing. She is now…
A 35-year-old man named Mensah presents to the regional hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with brisk bleeding from his right nostril following a minor knock to his face. He is leaning backwards and swallowi…
A 9-year-old girl named Abena presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a two-day history of high fever, neck stiffness, and difficulty swallowing. Her mother reports she has been drooling and prefers to k…
Kofi, a 28-year-old man, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 3-day history of worsening right-sided sore throat and difficulty swallowing. His voice is muffled and he is drooling. On examination, t…
A 4-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the regional hospital A&E by his mother. She witnessed him putting a small button battery into his mouth 2 hours ago and now he is drooling, refusing to eat, and…
A 28-year-old woman named Adwoa presents to a district hospital A&E with a 3-day history of worsening sore throat, difficulty opening her mouth, and drooling. She has a muffled 'hot potato' voice. On …
A 38-year-old woman, Akosua, presents to the regional hospital A&E with heavy right-sided nosebleed for 45 minutes. She is hypertensive (BP 168/102 mmHg) and the bleeding has not stopped despite her p…
A 28-year-old woman named Akua presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a four-day history of worsening right-sided sore throat, fever, and difficulty opening her mouth. On examination, she has …
Aisha, a 32-year-old woman, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden-onset severe sore throat, high fever (39.8°C), and drooling for 6 hours. She appears toxic and is sitting upright in a…
A 35-year-old man named Kwabena presents to a regional hospital A&E with spontaneous bleeding from his left nostril for 20 minutes. He is not on any anticoagulants. On examination, blood is seen dripp…
A 45-year-old man named Kofi presents to the regional hospital A&E with a two-day history of severe bilateral submandibular swelling, fever, and difficulty swallowing. He had a tooth extraction one we…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital in Ashanti Region with a 6-hour history of severe sore throat, fever, and a muffled 'hot potato' voice. He is drooling slightly a…
A 45-year-old man named Mensah presents to Komfo Anokye ED with progressive swelling under his chin and jaw over three days following a dental extraction. He is drooling and has a muffled voice. On ex…
A 4-year-old girl named Akosua is brought to a district hospital in Volta Region after her mother found her playing with a coin-sized silver disc battery from a wall clock. The child is drooling and g…
A 3-year-old boy named Yaw is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre by his father after the child was found playing with a remote control. The father noticed the child had been putting objects in his n…
A 9-year-old boy, Kwesi, is brought to the district hospital A&E with a 4-day history of right ear pain and fever. He was treated with oral amoxicillin for acute otitis media 3 days ago but has worsen…
A 6-year-old boy named Joseph is brought to a regional hospital A&E with a 4-day history of fever, sore throat, and neck stiffness. His mother reports he has been drooling and refusing to eat. On exam…
A pre-hospital crew is transporting a 60-year-old man, Mensah, with crushing central chest pain and diaphoresis to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The crew has performed a 12-lead ECG showing ST eleva…
A 40-year-old man, Kwame, sustains a penetrating stab wound to the left chest at a market in Kumasi. He is brought to the regional hospital A&E by bystanders 20 minutes later. On arrival: BP 80/50 mmH…
A driver is found unresponsive at the roadside following a road traffic collision on the Accra–Kumasi highway. A passerby calls for help and a district hospital ambulance team arrives on scene. Broken…