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Emergency Medicine: Chest Pain & the ED ECG · Pericarditis — ECG recognition difficulty 2/5

Akua, a 24-year-old university student, presents to the OPD at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital with a two-day history of sharp, central chest pain that is worse on inspiration and on lying flat, and reli…

Emergency Medicine: Chest Pain & the ED ECG · Atypical STEMI presentation in diabetes difficulty 3/5

Abena, a 52-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus, presents to the emergency department at Korle Bu with a 4-hour history of epigastric discomfort, nausea, and mild breathlessness. She initiall…

Emergency Medicine: Chest Pain & the ED ECG · STEMI recognition in new LBBB difficulty 4/5

Kofi, a 58-year-old cocoa farmer, is brought to the emergency department at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with sudden-onset severe chest pain radiating to his jaw and left arm, associated with profus…

Emergency Medicine: Chest Pain & the ED ECG · STEMI recognition with new RBBB difficulty 3/5

A 52-year-old trader, Kwabena, is brought to the emergency department at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with a 2-hour history of crushing central chest pain radiating to his left arm. He is diaphoreti…

Emergency Medicine: Resuscitation · Post-ROSC care — oxygenation, temperature control, and reperfusion difficulty 4/5

Ama, a 62-year-old woman with known ischaemic heart disease, achieves return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 18 minutes of resuscitation for ventricular fibrillation in the emergency departmen…

Emergency Medicine: Resuscitation · Post-ROSC — oxygen titration and STEMI management difficulty 3/5

Mohammed, a 62-year-old man, is admitted to the coronary care unit at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital following successful resuscitation from a ventricular fibrillation cardiac arrest. He achieves return o…

Emergency Medicine: Resuscitation · Post-ROSC care — immediate priorities difficulty 3/5

A 67-year-old woman, Akosua, is admitted to the emergency department of Ho Teaching Hospital following a witnessed cardiac arrest. After 18 minutes of CPR, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is …

Emergency Medicine: Resuscitation · Post-ROSC STEMI — fibrinolysis when PCI unavailable difficulty 4/5

Kwame, a 62-year-old hypertensive man, is admitted to Korle Bu Teaching Hospital following a witnessed cardiac arrest. Return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is achieved after 14 minutes of CPR. He …

Emergency Medicine: Shock & Sepsis · Types of shock — cardiogenic difficulty 3/5

Adwoa, a 60-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, is brought to the emergency unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital with sudden-onset chest pain radiating to the back, diaphoresis, and progr…

Emergency Medicine: Shock & Sepsis · Definitive management of cardiogenic shock from STEMI difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 62-year-old retired teacher with known ischaemic heart disease, is brought to the emergency department at Tamale Teaching Hospital after a syncopal episode. He is pale, diaphoretic, and confus…

Emergency Medicine: Triage & the Undifferentiated Patient · Early warning scores and safe disposition difficulty 4/5

Adwoa, a 52-year-old market woman, is seen in the emergency department of Cape Coast Teaching Hospital with a three-hour history of central chest pain radiating to the jaw. Her initial NEWS2 (National…

Medicine: Cardiovascular · STEMI — contraindications to fibrinolysis difficulty 3/5

Mohammed, a 50-year-old trader, presents to the emergency department at Tamale Teaching Hospital with a two-hour history of severe central chest pain radiating to his left arm, sweating, and nausea. H…

Medicine: Cardiovascular · Acute coronary syndrome — coronary territory localisation difficulty 3/5

Yaw, a 58-year-old hypertensive trader, presents to the casualty department at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital with a 90-minute history of crushing central chest pain radiating to his left arm, associate…

POCUS - Cardiac · Parasternal Short Axis - Regional Wall Motion Abnormality difficulty 3/5

Kofi, a 47-year-old man with no known cardiac history, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Ashanti Region with sudden onset central chest tightness, diaphoresis, and dyspnoea for two hours. His…

Procedures - Vascular Access · Intraosseous access - humeral head technique in adults difficulty 3/5

Mensah, a 55-year-old man with type 2 diabetes and obesity (BMI 38), presents to Tamale Teaching Hospital ED in cardiogenic shock following an anterior STEMI. All peripheral access attempts have faile…

Resuscitation · ECPR cannulation strategy difficulty 4/5

A 44-year-old man, Yaw, develops refractory cardiac arrest in the Korle Bu cardiac catheterisation laboratory 10 minutes into a primary PCI procedure for an acute anterior STEMI. CPR is commenced imme…