A 62-year-old man named Yaw is in cardiac arrest in the resus bay of a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. The monitor shows a wide, regular, monomorphic waveform at 180 beats per minute; he has no palp…
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A 62-year-old man named Yaw is brought to the Komfo Anokye Emergency Department after a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. After 25 minutes of CPR, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is a…
A 40-year-old man named Kwabena is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital after a witnessed collapse. CPR is in progress. The team leader asks the team to consider reversible causes of cardiac arre…
A 40-year-old woman named Esi is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region after a witnessed cardiac arrest. CPR is in progress. The monitor shows asystole. The team notes she was foun…
A 45-year-old woman, Ama, is seen in the Komfo Anokye ED. She was involved in a road traffic accident two weeks ago and has been taking oral morphine for pain. She now complains of no bowel motion for…
A 38-year-old woman, Adwoa, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 4-month history of worsening constipation, weight gain of 8 kg, cold intolerance, and generalised fatigue. On examination, …
A 28-year-old man, Yaw, attends the regional hospital A&E in Tamale. He reports no bowel motion for 4 days following a period of reduced dietary fibre and fluid intake during a long journey. He has mi…
A 10-week-old boy is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre. His mother says he has been crying all evening and rubbing his right eye. He is afebrile, HR 155 bpm, and well-perfused. Fluorescein stai…
Abena, a 32-year-old woman, presents to a district hospital A&E in the Volta Region with a 2-day history of severe toothache in her lower left molar. Examination reveals a tender, fluctuant swelling o…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a two-day history of severe throbbing pain in the lower right jaw. He has a swollen, tender right cheek and his temper…
Kwame, a 28-year-old man, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of severe throbbing pain around his lower right back tooth. He has a swollen right cheek and a tender,…
Kwame, a 28-year-old man, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of severe, constant throbbing pain in his lower left jaw. He has a swollen, tender left cheek and a fl…
Mohammed, a 45-year-old lorry driver with no known medical history, is found slumped in his cab at a fuel station in Tamale. Bystanders report he appeared confused and was sweating heavily. On arrival…
Adwoa, a 55-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes on metformin and glibenclamide, presents to the district hospital A&E in Volta Region after her family noticed she was confused and behaving strangely. …
Kofi, a 28-year-old man, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with a 3-day history of frequent, small-volume, bloody, mucoid stools associated with fever, lower abdominal cramping, and pain…
A 60-year-old woman, Adwoa, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with profuse watery diarrhoea described as 'rice-water' stool for 18 hours, associated with leg cramps. She is from a coastal comm…
Kofi, a 55-year-old man with COPD on home oxygen, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with worsening breathlessness and palpitations. His ECG shows a rapid narrow-complex tachycardia at 150 bpm with…
Kofi, a 55-year-old man, presents to the UGMC emergency centre with a 2-hour history of palpitations and mild chest discomfort. He is haemodynamically stable with a blood pressure of 130/80 mmHg. The …
Kwame, a 28-year-old man, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre after a road traffic accident. He is anxious and in pain. His ECG shows a regular rhythm at 118 beats per minute, upright P waves …
A 7-year-old boy named Kwame is brought to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region by his mother. She reports three days of right ear pain, fever, and irritability. On examination, there is tender…
A 7-year-old boy named Kofi is brought to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo by his mother. He has had right ear pain and fever for two days. On examination, his temperature is 38.6°C, there is te…
A mass-casualty incident occurs after an explosion at a fuel depot near Takoradi. Thirty casualties are brought to the regional hospital A&E. A 22-year-old man named Kofi arrives walking and talking, …
A 55-year-old man named Mensah collapses in a market in Accra with sudden-onset crushing central chest pain. Bystanders call the ambulance service. On arrival, paramedics find him diaphoretic, pale, a…
A gas cylinder explosion at a welding workshop in Accra injures 18 workers. The first ambulance crew arrives to find multiple casualties: some walking and shouting, others lying motionless, and a few …
A 19-year-old student, Mohammed, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Upper East Region after a motorcycle collision. He was transported prone across the back of a motorbike by friends, with n…
Yaw, a 22-year-old male, is brought to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo by a community ambulance after sustaining a stab wound to the left side of his chest. On arrival, he is pale, tachycardic …
An ambulance crew arrives at a road traffic collision in Brong-Ahafo. A 40-year-old man, Yaw, is trapped in a vehicle with a suspected spinal injury. He is conscious, breathing spontaneously, and haem…
A Ghana NAS ambulance crew hands over a 32-year-old woman, Afia, to the Korle Bu emergency centre. She was involved in a road traffic collision 40 minutes ago. The crew's verbal handover is: 'She was …
Paramedics at the scene of a road traffic crash in the Ashanti Region are preparing to transport a 45-year-old man named Kwabena who is unconscious with a GCS of 7. They contact the Komfo Anokye ED to…
Ama, a 35-year-old woman, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a three-week history of constipation, weight gain, and fatigue. She reports feeling cold all the time and her hair has been falling out. …