Mohammed, a 61-year-old hypertensive man, is brought to a district hospital in the Upper West Region with sudden-onset left hemiparesis and left facial droop that began 3 hours ago. He is alert, GCS 1…
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A 24-year-old woman, Abena, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives with a 6-hour history of severe headache, fever, and neck stiffness. She is confused (GCS 13). Vitals: temp 39.6°C, BP 88/54 …
A 67-year-old man named Kwame is referred from a district hospital in Bono Region to the Brong-Ahafo Regional Hospital ED after sudden onset of the worst headache of his life, followed by a brief loss…
Akua, a 67-year-old woman with known atrial fibrillation managed with aspirin (she declined anticoagulation), is brought to a regional hospital A&E in Ashanti Region with sudden left-sided facial droo…
A 59-year-old man, Mohammed, is assessed in the Komfo Anokye ED. He had a 15-minute episode of right arm weakness and slurred speech that fully resolved 2 hours ago. His ABCD2 score is 6. BP is 162/94…
A 55-year-old man, Kofi, is referred from a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo region to the regional hospital A&E. He had sudden onset severe headache and left-sided weakness four hours ago. On arr…
A 52-year-old man named Kwabena is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region after collapsing at home. His wife reports he complained of a sudden severe headache approximately 10 days a…
Mohammed is a 41-year-old man with no prior medical history brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre by his family after 45 minutes of generalised tonic-clonic status epilepticus. He had received IV d…
Yaw, a 71-year-old retired civil servant with known hypertension and previous TIA 2 years ago, is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre with sudden left-sided weakness and left facial droop noted 5.5 h…
A 38-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre by her husband after a sudden severe headache that began while she was lifting a heavy object at home. She describes it as 'the…
A 44-year-old woman named Ama presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a sudden severe headache that began 3 hours ago while lifting a heavy load at the market. She describes it as 'like a hammer hit my h…
A 32-year-old woman named Akua is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her husband after witnessing her sustain a generalised tonic-clonic seizure at home lasting approximately 8 minutes. She has a known…
A 38-year-old woman, Akosua, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED describing a headache that reached maximal intensity within seconds of onset while she was lifting a market crate. She rates it 10/10 and s…
A 70-year-old woman, Adwoa, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden onset of left gaze deviation, right hemiplegia, and global aphasia. Symptom onset was 2 hours ago. BP 168/94 mmHg, HR 88 b…
A 45-year-old man named Kwabena is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre having received two doses of IV diazepam (10 mg each, 5 minutes apart) by the referring district hospital before transfer. H…
A 38-year-old woman named Akua presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre brought by her husband after a sudden-onset severe headache that began while she was gardening. She describes it as 'the worst …
Kofi, a 72-year-old man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his family 5 hours after sudden onset of right-sided weakness and gaze deviation to the left. His NI…
A 32-year-old woman named Akua is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives after witnessing her sustain continuous tonic-clonic seizure activity for 12 minutes at home. She has a known diagnosis of…
Adwoa, a 29-year-old obese woman (BMI 36 kg/m²), presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 3-month history of daily generalised headaches, progressive visual blurring, and intermittent transient visual o…
A 7-year-old boy named Kofi, weighing 22 kg, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region after a prolonged febrile seizure at home. His mother reports the seizure began approximately 2…
A 62-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her husband at 09:15. She woke at 08:45 with sudden right-sided weakness and dysphasia. She has no history of recent surgery, no antic…
A 32-year-old woman, Ama, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to the regional hospital A&E with a seizure that has persisted for 45 minutes despite IV lorazepam 4 mg twice and IV pheny…
A 54-year-old man named Mensah is brought to Korle Bu Emergency Centre having been found convulsing in the street. Bystanders report the seizure has lasted at least 30 minutes. Paramedics administered…
A 48-year-old woman, Afia, presents to Komfo Anokye ED with sudden onset of right-sided facial droop, arm weakness, and slurred speech. Symptom onset was confirmed 3 hours ago. CT head shows no haemor…
A 65-year-old man is brought to a district hospital in the Brong-Ahafo Region with fever, confusion, and neck stiffness for 2 days. He has a history of alcohol use disorder and no prior immunisations.…
A 82-year-old man, Mensah, is referred from a district hospital in the Northern Region to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED after a mechanical fall at home three days ago. He struck his head on a concre…
A 68-year-old woman, Adwoa, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by her family after being found confused at home. She has a history of atrial fibrillation and is on warfarin 5 mg daily. Her GCS is 11 (E…
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives after a high-speed road traffic collision. On arrival, his GCS is 8 (E2V2M4), pupils are 4 mm bilaterally and reactive, blood p…
A 58-year-old woman, Akua, is referred from a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo to Korle Bu emergency centre with severe traumatic brain injury following a fall from a mango tree. Her GCS on arrival is…
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the regional hospital A&E by relatives after a road traffic collision. He was briefly confused at the scene but is now alert and orientated (GCS 15). He has a 4…