Kwame, a 58-year-old man, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 45-minute history of severe crushing central chest pain radiating to his left arm and jaw. He is diaphoretic and nausea…
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A 65-year-old woman, Yaa, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with a 6-week history of progressive constipation, unintentional weight loss of 6 kg, and one episode of rectal bleeding. She has no previous …
A 3-week-old male infant, Joseph, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo. His mother reports he has never passed stool normally since birth and is now vomiting green fluid. On examinat…
A 58-year-old man, Kwame, presents to the regional hospital A&E in Kumasi with a 3-day history of absolute constipation — no flatus and no stool. He has central colicky abdominal pain and has vomited …
A 72-year-old woman, Akua, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region by her daughter. She has not passed stool for 10 days and complains of lower abdominal discomfort and bloating. On …
A 2-year-old boy named Kofi is brought to the Tamale Teaching Hospital A&E by his mother. She says he fell off the bed two days ago and has been crying whenever his right arm is moved. On examination …
A 9-month-old girl, Ama, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED by her father. He reports she has been crying intermittently for 6 hours, drawing her legs up to her abdomen during each episode, and has vomited…
A 9-month-old boy named Mohammed is brought to a district hospital A&E by his aunt. She says he fell off the bed two days ago. He has been crying and not using his right arm since then. On examination…
Ama, a 3-month-old girl, is brought to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo by her grandmother. She has been crying since yesterday and is 'not herself'. Examination reveals T 38.9°C, HR 192 bpm, RR 62/…
A 10-year-old boy, Yaw, is brought to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti region by his mother after falling from a bicycle 45 minutes ago. His upper left central incisor has been completely knocke…
Yaw, a 10-year-old boy, is brought to a regional hospital A&E by his mother after falling off his bicycle. His upper right central incisor has been completely knocked out. The tooth is brought in wrap…
Kofi, a 10-year-old boy, is brought to a regional hospital A&E by his mother after falling from a bicycle 45 minutes ago. His upper left central incisor has been completely knocked out. The tooth is c…
Akua, a 34-year-old known type 1 diabetic, is brought to the district hospital A&E in Ashanti Region by her husband. She is confused and sweating profusely, and her husband reports she skipped a meal …
Ama, a 28-year-old woman, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with 3 days of frequent bloody diarrhoea, lower abdominal cramps, and fever of 38.8 °C. She returned from a rural farming community in the Upp…
Yaa, a 61-year-old hypertensive woman, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED with sudden-onset severe vertigo, vomiting, and inability to walk. Her blood pressure is 178/104 mmHg. Examination reveals prom…
Kwame, a 67-year-old diabetic man with atrial fibrillation, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED with acute onset of severe vertigo, nausea, and vomiting that began 90 minutes ago. He is on warfarin but …
Akua, a 58-year-old woman with a history of ischaemic heart disease, is brought to the regional hospital A&E complaining of palpitations and dizziness. Her blood pressure is 80/50 mmHg and she is diap…
Adwoa, a 72-year-old woman with known hypertension, presents to the Komfo Anokye ED with palpitations and breathlessness. Her blood pressure is 105/70 mmHg. The ECG shows an irregularly irregular rhyt…
Mohammed, a 68-year-old man with hypertension, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED with syncope and progressive exertional dyspnoea. His pulse is 38 beats per minute and regular. The ECG shows P waves o…
A 60-year-old man, Yaw, collapses in the waiting area of the Korle Bu emergency centre. He is unresponsive, has no palpable pulse, and is not breathing. The cardiac monitor shows a chaotic, high-ampli…
A 28-year-old woman named Adwoa presents to a district hospital A&E with a 3-day history of worsening sore throat, difficulty opening her mouth, and drooling. She has a muffled 'hot potato' voice. On …
A 4-year-old girl named Akosua is brought to a district hospital in Volta Region after her mother found her playing with a coin-sized silver disc battery from a wall clock. The child is drooling and g…
A pre-hospital crew is transporting a 60-year-old man, Mensah, with crushing central chest pain and diaphoresis to Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The crew has performed a 12-lead ECG showing ST eleva…
A driver is found unresponsive at the roadside following a road traffic collision on the Accra–Kumasi highway. A passerby calls for help and a district hospital ambulance team arrives on scene. Broken…
A 28-year-old woman named Ama is found at the scene of a building collapse in Kumasi. She is unconscious, not breathing, and has no palpable pulse. Bystanders report she was trapped under debris for a…
A motor vehicle collision on the Accra-Kumasi highway involves 15 casualties. A first-responding ambulance crew from the Ghana National Ambulance Service begins triage. They encounter a 34-year-old ma…
A 7-year-old child, Abena, is found unconscious following a house fire in a district in the Northern Region. She has soot around her mouth and nostrils, a hoarse voice, and stridor. The pre-hospital c…
A road traffic collision on the Accra-Kumasi highway involves a minibus and a lorry. Twelve casualties are found at the scene. A 34-year-old male, Kwame, is unresponsive and not breathing. The ambulan…
Paramedics respond to a road traffic crash near Tamale and find a 40-year-old man named Yaw with penetrating abdominal trauma and haemodynamic instability (BP 80/50 mmHg, HR 118 bpm). The scene is saf…
A 28-year-old woman, Akosua, is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Brong-Ahafo region by relatives after collapsing at home. She is unresponsive. No ambulance service was involved; she was tran…