A 19-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Volta Region after ingesting 30 paracetamol tablets (500 mg each) approximately 2 hours ago. She is alert and has no abdominal p…
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A 45-year-old cocoa farmer, Kofi, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after collapsing in his field. Bystanders report he was spraying pesticide. On examination he is unconscious, with pr…
A 32-year-old man, Kwabena, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after being found unresponsive. He responds to naloxone 0.4 mg IV and becomes alert with a respiratory rate of 14 breaths/min. Forty minut…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED by his family after being found unresponsive at home. He is known to use street opioids. On examination he has a respiratory rate of 6 breat…
A 19-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to a regional hospital A&E by her roommate after being found with an empty packet of paracetamol tablets. She reports taking approximately 20 tablets (500 mg ea…
Kofi, a 42-year-old farmer, arrives at a regional hospital A&E after a motor vehicle collision. He has a deep laceration to his right thigh with bright red blood pulsing from the wound. His blood pres…
A 22-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED after a stab wound to the left chest. He is in severe respiratory distress with a respiratory rate of 32 breaths per minute. On examination, ther…
A 22-year-old man named Kwabena is brought to a district hospital in the Northern Region after a motorcycle collision. He has a GCS of 15, blood pressure 100/65 mmHg, and heart rate 105 beats per minu…
A 42-year-old man named Kofi is brought to the Korle Bu emergency centre following a high-speed road traffic collision. He is pale, diaphoretic, and confused. His blood pressure is 80/50 mmHg, heart r…
A 45-year-old man, Mensah, arrives at the regional hospital A&E in Tamale after a high-speed road traffic collision. He is pale, sweating, and confused. His blood pressure is 70/40 mmHg and heart rate…
Kwabena, a 22-year-old man, is brought to a district hospital A&E after a motorbike accident. He is conscious (GCS 15) and complaining of left-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. On examination,…
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo following a road traffic accident. He is unresponsive, with gurgling sounds on attempted breathing and blood visible in…
A 35-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after a motor vehicle collision. During the primary survey she is agitated and tachypnoeic (RR 32/min). Examination reveal…
A 35-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after being involved in a motor vehicle collision. She is unconscious with a GCS of 8. The paramedic team has applied …
A 28-year-old man, Kwame, is brought to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi following a road traffic collision. He is found lying on the roadside with blood pouring from a deep laceration to his right…
A 19-year-old man named Yaw is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo after a machete wound to his right thigh. There is pulsatile bright red bleeding from the wound that has soaked through two…
A 50-year-old man, Kwabena, is brought to Korle Bu emergency centre following a blunt chest trauma in an industrial accident. He is in respiratory distress. On examination, there is dullness to percus…
A 28-year-old man, Kofi, is brought to the regional hospital A&E by relatives after a high-speed road traffic collision on the Accra–Kumasi highway. He is unconscious, with noisy, gurgling respiration…
A 35-year-old woman named Ama is brought to a regional hospital A&E after a stab wound to the left chest. She is in severe respiratory distress with a respiratory rate of 32 breaths per minute. On exa…
Ama, a 35-year-old woman, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after being stabbed in the left chest. On examination she is in severe respiratory distress, with absent breath sounds on the left, tracheal…
Akua, a 30-year-old woman, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region after a stab wound to the anterior chest. She is hypotensive (BP 75/50 mmHg), tachycardic (HR 140 bpm), and has …
A 28-year-old man named Kwame is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED following a road traffic collision. He is unconscious and making gurgling sounds. There is visible blood in his mouth and his neck veins…
Ama, a 28-year-old woman, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED with sudden-onset severe right iliac fossa pain and light vaginal bleeding. Her last menstrual period was 6 weeks ago. On examination, she is pa…
A 28-year-old woman, Ama, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED with severe lower abdominal pain and light vaginal bleeding. Her last menstrual period was eight weeks ago. On examination she is pale, her …
Adwoa, a 26-year-old primigravida, delivered a healthy baby vaginally at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo one hour ago. The midwife calls the doctor urgently because Adwoa has soaked four pads in 30…
A 24-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region with lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding for one day. Her last menstrual period was 8 weeks ago. On examination…
Fatima, a 28-year-old woman, is brought by relatives to the regional hospital A&E with sudden-onset severe right iliac fossa pain and one episode of fainting at home. Her LMP was six weeks ago. On exa…
A 30-year-old woman, Adwoa, delivered a healthy baby at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo two hours ago. She now has heavy vaginal bleeding estimated at over 500 mL. On examination her uterus is palp…
A 24-year-old woman, Akua, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding for one day. She is sexually active and her last menstrual period was six week…
Yaa, a 32-year-old woman, delivers a live baby at the district hospital in Northern Region. Thirty minutes after delivery, the midwife calls you urgently — the patient has soaked four pads in 20 minut…