A 58-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED by relatives with 3 hours of central chest pain radiating to the left arm. He is hypertensive, diabetic, and had an NSTEMI 18 months ago. Vitals…
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Afia, a 34-year-old woman in her 32nd week of pregnancy, presents to the regional hospital emergency department in Tamale with worsening shortness of breath and light-headedness over the past 24 hours…
Kofi, a 54-year-old man with no known cardiac history, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional hospital A&E after a 6-hour history of crushing central chest pain radiating …
Mohammed, a 62-year-old retired civil servant with hypertension and a 30-pack-year smoking history, arrives at a regional hospital emergency department in the Northern Region brought by family after c…
A 34-year-old woman, Abena, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a witnessed syncopal episode at a funeral. Her family reports she has had two previous episodes of sudden loss of consciousness sinc…
Kwame, a 54-year-old civil servant with no prior cardiac history, presents to a district hospital in the Bono Region with 2.5 hours of chest pain, shortness of breath, and left shoulder discomfort. Vi…
A 45-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to a regional hospital A&E with sudden-onset palpitations and chest tightness for 45 minutes. She has no significant past medical history and takes no regular med…
A 65-year-old man is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by relatives after 2 hours of chest pain. ECG shows ST depression in V1–V4. He is cold and clammy; BP 78/50 mmHg, HR 124 bpm, RR 26/min, S…
Kofi, a 58-year-old male farmer, is brought by relatives to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with 2 hours of crushing central chest pain radiating to his left arm. Vitals: BP 148/90 mmHg, HR 92 …
Adwoa, a 53-year-old woman with no prior cardiac history, presents to a regional hospital A&E with 45 minutes of chest pain that has now resolved. ECG is normal. Troponin drawn 1 hour after symptom on…
A 48-year-old man, Yaw, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a sudden-onset tearing chest pain radiating to the interscapular region, beginning 90 minutes ago. BP is 178/102 mmHg in the righ…
Kwame, a 63-year-old diabetic man, is in the resus bay at Komfo Anokye ED with an anterior STEMI and cardiogenic shock. BP is 74/48 mmHg, HR 124 bpm, SpO2 84% on 15 L/min oxygen via non-rebreather mas…
Kofi, a 47-year-old male trader, presents to a regional hospital ED in the Ashanti Region with a 3-hour history of sudden-onset chest pain described as 'tight and pressing', with nausea. He has no pri…
A 58-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 6-hour history of palpitations and mild breathlessness. He has a background of hypertension and type 2 diabetes managed with amlodipine…
Mohammed, a 62-year-old man with known hypertension and a 20 pack-year smoking history, is seen in the ED of Tamale Teaching Hospital with a 6-hour history of pressure-like chest pain that began at re…
Kofi, a 55-year-old man with known ischaemic cardiomyopathy, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with acute breathlessness and orthopnoea for 6 hours. BP 192/110 mmHg, HR 104/min, RR 28/min, SpO…
A 71-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre after collapsing at home. She has a history of dilated cardiomyopathy. On arrival: GCS 12 (E3V4M5), RR 28/min, SpO2 86% on 10 L/…
A 67-year-old man is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to Tamale Teaching Hospital with a 2-hour history of palpitations and presyncope. He has a history of ischaemic heart dise…
A 61-year-old man is in cardiac arrest at the Korle Bu emergency centre. He collapsed 18 minutes ago and has been in continuous VF. He has received five biphasic defibrillation shocks at 200 J, amioda…
A 55-year-old man presents to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre with sudden severe central chest pain radiating to the back that started one hour ago. He has a history of hypertension and Marfan syndrome.…
A 47-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to a district hospital in the Upper East Region with a 6-hour history of dizziness and near-syncope. He has a history of ischaemic heart disease. Vitals: BP 106/7…
Fatima, a 29-year-old woman at 34 weeks gestation, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by family with sudden collapse and cardiac arrest. She had complained of right leg swelling for 1 week. C…
A 62-year-old woman, Adwoa, is referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED from a district hospital in the Upper East Region with a 4-hour history of palpitations and mild breathlessness on exertion. …
Yaw, a 55-year-old man with no known cardiac history, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 20-minute history of presyncope and palpitations. Vitals: BP 88/60 mmHg, HR 156 bpm regular, RR 22, SpO2 94…
A 65-year-old woman is referred from a peripheral clinic to Komfo Anokye ED with 8 hours of central chest tightness. Vitals: BP 136/84 mmHg, HR 88 bpm, SpO2 97% on air. ECG shows 2.5 mm ST elevation i…
A 45-year-old man is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by family after collapsing at a funeral. He is now conscious but confused and reports brief chest discomfort. Vital signs: HR 210 bpm…
A 58-year-old man, Mohammed, presents to a regional hospital ED in Northern Ghana with palpitations and lightheadedness for 3 hours. He has a history of schizophrenia and has been on haloperidol for 1…
A 48-year-old woman, Abena, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo Region with a 2-day history of exertional dyspnoea and fatigue. Vitals: BP 102/68 mmHg, HR 38 bpm, RR 20, SpO2 95% on air…
A 68-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his family after two episodes of syncope at home over the past 24 hours. He has a history of hypertension treated with atenolol 50 mg dai…
A 72-year-old man, Kofi, is in the resus bay of a regional hospital A&E with acute pulmonary oedema. He is already on CPAP. Vitals: HR 102 bpm, BP 172/104 mmHg, RR 26/min, SpO2 94% on CPAP. IV access …