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Extremity trauma · Septic arthritis following puncture wound ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 12-year-old boy, Yaw, stepped on a nail three days ago. He now presents to the district hospital A&E with a swollen, erythematous, and exquisitely tender right ankle. He is febrile at 38.8°C. There …

Extremity trauma · Supracondylar humerus fracture — classical paediatric presentation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 7-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region after falling from a mango tree onto an outstretched hand. He is crying and holding his right elbow in slight flexion…

Extremity trauma · Open fracture — early antibiotics, tetanus, and theatre referral ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after a motorcycle accident. He has a 4 cm laceration over the mid-shaft of his right tibia with visible bone ends. His…

Extremity trauma · Compartment syndrome — early recognition and cast splitting ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Abena, a 19-year-old woman, is brought to the regional hospital A&E after a motorbike accident. She has a closed fracture of the right tibia and fibula treated with a full circumferential plaster cast…

Extremity trauma · Supracondylar humerus fracture — paediatric ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 7-year-old boy, Kwame, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after falling from a mango tree and landing on his outstretched left arm. He is crying and holding his elbow in slight flexion. Examination revea…

Extremity trauma · Open fracture — immediate management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Yaw, a 35-year-old motorcyclist, is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre after a road traffic crash. He has a large wound over his right tibia through which bone is visibly protruding. The limb is neu…

Extremity trauma · Colles fracture classical presentation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 72-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region after falling onto her outstretched right hand. She complains of wrist pain and there is visible dorsal displaceme…

Extremity trauma · Femoral neck fracture — classical elderly presentation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

Adwoa, a 72-year-old woman, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after slipping on a wet floor at home. She complains of severe pain in her right hip and is unable to weight-bear. On examination, the right l…

Eye emergencies · Acute angle closure glaucoma — recognition and diagnosis ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 62-year-old man presents to a district hospital A&E with a two-hour history of severe right-sided headache, nausea, and blurred vision. On examination his right eye is red, the cornea appears steamy…

Eye emergencies · Chemical eye injury - immediate irrigation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 45-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after splashing a chemical cleaning agent into both eyes at work 20 minutes ago. Both eyes are intensely red and painful, with profuse tearin…

Eye emergencies · Chemical eye injury — immediate irrigation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 45-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a splash of industrial cleaning fluid into both eyes at work. He is in significant distress with severe bilateral eye pain, tearing, an…

Eye emergencies · Chemical eye injury — immediate irrigation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 35-year-old woman, Afia, is brought to a regional hospital A&E after a splash of industrial caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) into both eyes while working at a soap factory 20 minutes ago. She is in s…

Eye emergencies · Acute angle-closure glaucoma - immediate pharmacological management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 50-year-old woman, Yaa, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Volta Region with acute angle-closure glaucoma. The diagnosis has been confirmed and the intraocular pressure is markedly elevated.…

Eye emergencies · Globe rupture — protect not patch ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 28-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after being struck in the right eye with a metal fragment during welding. He has reduced visual acuity, severe pain, and the eye appears soft…

Eye emergencies · Acute angle-closure glaucoma — immediate management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 60-year-old man, Mensah, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-hour history of severe right eye pain, headache, and vomiting. His right eye is red with a hazy cornea and the pupil is fixed and …

Eye emergencies · Central retinal artery occlusion — classical presentation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 62-year-old man, Yaw, presents to a district hospital in the Northern Region with sudden painless loss of vision in his right eye that he describes as a 'curtain coming down'. Visual acuity in the r…

Eye emergencies · Acute angle-closure glaucoma - classical presentation ★ HY difficulty 1/5

A 58-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with sudden onset of severe right eye pain, headache, nausea, and vomiting. She reports seeing coloured halos around lights e…

Eye emergencies · Acute angle closure glaucoma — recognition ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Mohammed, a 62-year-old man with no prior ocular history, is brought by relatives to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo complaining of sudden onset severe right eye pain, headache, nausea, and b…

Eye emergencies · Central retinal artery occlusion — immediate management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 58-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden painless loss of vision in his right eye that began 90 minutes ago. He has a history of atrial fibrillation and hyperten…

Eye emergencies · Chemical eye injury — immediate irrigation ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 38-year-old woman, Akosua, presents to the A&E of a regional hospital in Ashanti after splashing a caustic drain-cleaning solution into her right eye at home 20 minutes ago. She is in severe pain, h…

Eye emergencies · Central retinal artery occlusion - classical presentation ★ HY difficulty 2/5

A 62-year-old hypertensive man, Mensah, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with sudden, complete, painless loss of vision in his left eye that began one hour ago. Visual acuity in the left…

Fever in adults · Severe malaria - IV artesunate first-line ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 28-year-old woman, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED unconscious. Her family reports 5 days of fever and she was found unrousable at home. Temperature is 40.1°C, GCS is 8/15, blood glucose is …

Fever in adults · Sepsis recognition - qSOFA and organ dysfunction ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Mohammed, a 40-year-old trader, presents to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region with a 3-day history of fever, rigors, and confusion. On examination, temperature is 40.3°C, blood pressure i…

Fever in adults · Sepsis screen at triage (qSOFA) and severe malaria initial management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

Fatima, a 34-year-old woman, is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital in the Northern Region by her relatives. She has had fever for three days and today became confused. On assessment: temperatur…

Fever in adults · Bacterial meningitis — classical recognition ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 28-year-old woman, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED in Kumasi with a 2-day history of fever, severe headache, neck stiffness, and photophobia. Her temperature is 39.5°C, heart rate 118 bpm, a…

Fever in adults · Typhoid fever — classical recognition ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Mohammed, a 38-year-old teacher, presents to a district hospital in the Northern Region with a 7-day history of stepwise fever, severe headache, abdominal pain, and constipation. He appears toxic and …

Fever in adults · Severe malaria — recognition and immediate management ★ HY difficulty 3/5

A 45-year-old woman is referred from a peripheral facility to the regional hospital A&E with a 5-day history of fever, confusion, and jaundice. Her malaria RDT is positive. Blood glucose is 2.2 mmol/L…

Fever in adults · Severe malaria — IV artesunate first-line ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Kwabena, a 25-year-old student, returns from a 3-week trip to a rural area in the Upper East Region and presents to a regional hospital A&E 10 days later with high fever, confusion, and jaundice. His …

Fever in adults · Tropical fever workup — malaria RDT first-line ★ HY difficulty 1/5

Akosua, a 27-year-old woman, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 5-day fever, headache, and vomiting. She lives in a malaria-endemic area and has not taken prophylaxis. Temperature i…

Fever in adults · Community-acquired pneumonia — immediate management ★ HY difficulty 2/5

Yaa, a 52-year-old market trader, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti region with a 4-day history of high fever, productive cough, and right-sided pleuritic chest pain. Temperature is…