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A 72-year-old woman is referred from a district hospital in Northern Region with a 5-day history of vomiting and confusion. On arrival at Tamale Teaching Hospital ED, GCS is 12/15, BP 110/70 mmHg, HR …

Yaw, a 55-year-old man with a history of small-cell lung carcinoma, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre with a three-day history of nausea, headache, and confusion. He is on no diuretics. On exami…

A 58-year-old man with known chronic kidney disease is brought to Komfo Anokye ED by relatives with generalised weakness and palpitations. Vitals: BP 95/60 mmHg, HR 38 bpm, RR 18/min, SpO2 97% on air.…

Mohammed, a 62-year-old man, is referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital ED from a district hospital in the Northern Region with two weeks of progressive confusion, polyuria, polydipsia, and severe co…

Yaw, a 29-year-old man with poorly controlled asthma, is admitted to the Korle Bu emergency centre with an acute severe asthma exacerbation. After initial treatment with salbutamol 5 mg nebulised and …

A 19-year-old woman, Afia, with known type 1 diabetes is brought to the Korle Bu Emergency Centre after two days of vomiting and polyuria. She missed her insulin doses. Vitals: BP 100/66 mmHg, HR 122 …

Mohammed, a 44-year-old man with a history of chronic alcohol use disorder, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale by friends after a witnessed generalised tonic-clonic seizure. He has had …

A 62-year-old man with known chronic kidney disease is brought to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital by his family. He complains of generalised weakness and palpitations for 6 hour…

A 45-year-old woman with chronic kidney disease is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after a collapse. She is alert. Vitals: BP 136/84 mmHg, HR 58 bpm, RR 16/min, SpO2 98%. ECG shows peaked T waves and a PR …

Afia, a 72-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension, presents to a district hospital in the Ashanti Region with generalised fatigue for one week and vague muscle cramps. She takes…

Akua, a 34-year-old woman with no prior medical history, presents to a regional hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with palpitations, dizziness, and near-syncope. She delivered her first child three weeks ag…

Kofi, a 34-year-old man, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre in status epilepticus. He has no known medical history. Seizures began 2 hours ago. Vitals: BP 130/80 mmHg, HR 105 bpm, SpO2 94% on hig…

Kofi, a 58-year-old man with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by relatives after missing two dialysis sessions. He is drowsy and complaining of generalised w…

Ama, a 72-year-old woman with known hypertension and heart failure, is referred from a district hospital in Ashanti Region with a two-day history of progressive confusion and lethargy. Her medications…

A 28-year-old woman at 34 weeks gestation is brought to Komfo Anokye ED by ambulance from a district hospital with generalised tonic-clonic seizures. She had no prior seizure history. Vitals: BP 175/1…

Mohammed, a 52-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, is brought by family to the district hospital emergency unit in Ashanti. He is confused (GCS 11) and has been vomiting for 12 hours.…

A 67-year-old woman with known alcohol dependency is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre by her daughter after two days of vomiting and diarrhoea. She is alert but anxious and tremulous. ECG shows a …

Ama, a 52-year-old market trader, presents to the emergency department at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital with a two-day history of fever, rigors, and confusion. Her daughter reports she had a urinary trac…

A 45-year-old trader, Kwame, is assessed in the emergency department of a regional hospital after presenting with sudden onset severe central chest pain radiating to the left arm, onset 90 minutes ago…

A 28-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a road traffic crash. He has a 4 cm laceration over his left cheek with clean, well-defined edges an…

Yaw, a 40-year-old mechanic, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 5 cm laceration over his right knee following a direct blow from a car jack. The wound crosses the anterior knee joint surface. Vita…

Ama, a 62-year-old woman with hypertension and type 2 diabetes, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 12-hour history of severe headache described as 'the worst of her life', neck sti…

A 45-year-old man, Joseph, is seen in the Korle Bu emergency centre following a road traffic crash 6 hours ago. He has a 6 cm linear laceration over his upper back, parallel to the spine. The wound is…

A 34-year-old woman named Akua presents to the A&E at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of severe headache, fever, and neck stiffness. She has no focal neurological deficits and …

A 52-year-old woman, Adwoa, is seen in the emergency centre at Korle Bu after elective incision and drainage of a gluteal abscess. The cavity has been packed and will require delayed primary closure i…

Ama, a 28-year-old woman, undergoes a lumbar puncture at the Tamale Teaching Hospital A&E for suspected bacterial meningitis. The procedure is performed with the patient in the lateral decubent positi…

Kofi, a 58-year-old man with known liver cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis B, is brought to the emergency centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with gross abdominal distension and respiratory distre…

Kofi, a 42-year-old male motorcycle accident victim, is managed at the Korle Bu Emergency Centre. Primary survey reveals trachea midline, equal air entry bilaterally on auscultation, and SpO2 94%. Lun…

A 52-year-old woman, Akosua, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 3-day history of right calf swelling and pain. She recently returned from a long bus journey from Accra to Kumasi. Her Wells score i…

A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a road traffic accident. He complains of right-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. Vitals: HR 118 bpm, BP 102/68 mmHg, RR 26/min…