Akosua, a 58-year-old woman with known heart failure, presents to the regional hospital A&E with a 2-hour history of severe breathlessness and frothy sputum. BP is 90/70 mmHg, HR 112 bpm, JVP is eleva…
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A 19-year-old footballer, Kofi, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Northern Region after a tackle injury with suspected intra-abdominal bleeding. He is anxious and complaining of abdominal pai…
Yaa, a 22-year-old student, presents to a district hospital A&E after sustaining a stab wound to the left thigh 30 minutes ago. She is alert and orientated. Her pulse is 98 bpm, blood pressure 118/76 …
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo following a road traffic accident. He is anxious and restless, with a pulse of 118 bpm and blood pressure of 102/74 mmH…
A 34-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo by relatives after a road traffic accident. He is confused and restless. His BP is 88/60 mmHg, HR 128 bpm, RR 26/min, a…
A 19-year-old male, Kwame, is brought to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after a road traffic accident. He is anxious and complaining of abdominal pain. His blood pressure is 118/80 mmHg, pulse…
A 72-year-old man with known COPD is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region by his relatives with increasing breathlessness over 2 days. He is drowsy and his respiratory rate is 28 brea…
A 68-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital A&E by his relatives with a 3-day history of worsening breathlessness. He has a known diagnosis of COPD and is a chronic smoker. On examina…
Fatima, a 30-year-old woman with known asthma, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after failing to respond to 3 cycles of back-to-back salbutamol nebulisations and ipratropium bromide. She has received IV …
Kofi, a 66-year-old man with COPD, is receiving oxygen via a 60% Venturi mask in the Komfo Anokye ED. His oxygen saturation has risen to 98% but he has become progressively drowsy over the past 30 min…
Ama, a 28-year-old woman, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Tamale with sudden-onset right-sided pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness that began while she was sitting at her desk. She has no…
Akua, a 68-year-old woman with known hypertension, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 2-hour history of progressive breathlessness and inability to lie flat. On examination she is …
Kofi, a 34-year-old known asthmatic, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-hour history of worsening breathlessness and wheeze after running out of his inhaler. He is unable …
Kwabena, a 22-year-old tall, thin male student, presents to a regional hospital A&E in Volta Region with sudden-onset left-sided chest pain and breathlessness that began while he was studying. He has …
Ama, a 34-year-old known asthmatic, is brought to a district hospital A&E with a 4-hour history of worsening breathlessness that is not responding to her salbutamol inhaler. On examination, she is sit…
Ama, a 34-year-old known asthmatic, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in Ashanti with acute breathlessness and wheeze that started 2 hours ago. She has already used her salbutamol inhaler six time…
Abena, a 55-year-old woman with known heart failure, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre with severe breathlessness and is sitting bolt upright in distress. Her blood pressure is 160/100 mmHg, oxy…
Kwame, a 68-year-old man with known hypertension, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 2-hour history of severe breathlessness. He is sitting upright and is unable to complete sentences. On examinat…
Yaa, a 28-year-old woman who is 32 weeks pregnant, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden-onset breathlessness and right-sided pleuritic chest pain that started after a long bus journey fro…
A 58-year-old woman named Akosua is brought to the regional hospital A&E by her relatives with a 3-day history of worsening breathlessness and orthopnoea. On examination, she has bilateral fine basal …
Fatima, a 22-year-old woman, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-week history of progressive weakness in both legs, now spreading to her arms. She reports difficulty breathing when lyin…
A 58-year-old man is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital in Ashanti by his family after they noticed his face drooping and his speech becoming slurred about 45 minutes ago. On examination, there…
Akosua, a 34-year-old woman, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of progressive weakness starting in both legs and ascending to her thighs. She had a diarrhoeal illness…
Kwame, a 62-year-old man, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his wife who noticed he suddenly could not lift his right arm and his speech became slurred 45 minutes ago. On examination, there is righ…
Yaw, a 67-year-old man, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Volta Region with sudden onset dizziness, vomiting, and difficulty walking. His wife says he seemed unsteady and kept veering to the …
A 60-year-old man named Yaw with known myasthenia gravis is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre. His family say his swallowing has worsened over two days and he is now breathless. On examination he i…
A 67-year-old woman is brought to a regional hospital A&E by her daughter after a sudden episode of right-sided weakness and slurred speech lasting 25 minutes, which had fully resolved by the time of …
A 28-year-old man named Mohammed presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with a 2-day history of progressive ascending leg weakness after a recent Campylobacter gastroenteritis. He can still walk but re…
Ama, a 55-year-old woman with known hypertension, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Ashanti with a 10-minute episode of right arm weakness and slurred speech that fully resolved before she arri…
A 34-year-old man named Kwame presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with a 5-day history of progressive weakness that started in his legs and has now spread to his arms. He had diarrhoea thre…