A 55-year-old man named Yaw is seen in a district hospital A&E with a 1-hour history of palpitations. He is haemodynamically stable (BP 124/80 mmHg). The ECG shows a regular tachycardia at 160 beats p…
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A 61-year-old man named Kwabena presents to a regional hospital A&E with dizziness and two episodes of near-syncope. His pulse is 44 beats per minute and blood pressure is 94/62 mmHg. The ECG shows a …
A 55-year-old woman, Adwoa, with known hypertension presents to the regional hospital A&E with a 2-day history of palpitations. Her BP is 134/86 mmHg, HR 112 bpm irregular, SpO2 97%. The ECG confirms …
Mohammed, a 72-year-old retired teacher, presents to the district hospital A&E in Northern Region with fatigue, exertional dyspnoea, and two episodes of presyncope over the past week. His heart rate i…
A 62-year-old man, Kofi, presents to the Korle Bu emergency centre with a 30-minute history of palpitations and mild chest discomfort. BP is 118/76 mmHg, HR 158 bpm regular, SpO2 97%. The 12-lead ECG …
A 32-year-old man named Kofi presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with sudden-onset palpitations and mild chest tightness for 30 minutes. His blood pressure is 118/76 mmHg and he is alert. T…
Akua, a 55-year-old seamstress, attends the regional hospital A&E in Ashanti with intermittent dizziness and one episode of syncope. Her resting heart rate is 48 bpm and blood pressure is 96/64 mmHg. …
A 68-year-old man, Yaw, is brought to the Komfo Anokye ED after a syncopal episode. He is now conscious but drowsy. His BP is 78/50 mmHg, HR 38 bpm. The ECG shows complete dissociation between P waves…
A 48-year-old woman named Ama presents to Komfo Anokye ED with palpitations and mild breathlessness. She is haemodynamically stable with a BP of 128/82 mmHg. The ECG shows an irregularly irregular nar…
Kofi, a 38-year-old teacher, presents to Korle Bu emergency centre with sudden-onset palpitations and mild dizziness for one hour. His blood pressure is 118/76 mmHg and he is alert. The ECG shows a re…
A 62-year-old man named Yaw is in cardiac arrest in the resus bay of a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. The monitor shows a wide, regular, monomorphic waveform at 180 beats per minute; he has no palp…
Fatima, a 52-year-old woman, achieves return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) after 18 minutes of resuscitation for VF arrest in the Komfo Anokye ED. She remains unresponsive with a GCS of 3. Her blo…
A 55-year-old woman named Ama is in cardiac arrest at a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo. CPR has been ongoing for 6 minutes. The rhythm is asystole. IV access is in place.
A 70-year-old man arrests in the resus bay of Korle Bu Emergency Centre. After 15 minutes of ALS, including three defibrillation attempts and adrenaline, the rhythm remains coarse VF. He has no IV acc…
A 38-year-old woman is brought to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo after being found unresponsive. CPR has been ongoing for 8 minutes. The monitor shows organised electrical activity (narrow com…
A 48-year-old man is resuscitated from a VF cardiac arrest at a regional hospital A&E. He achieves ROSC after 12 minutes but remains deeply comatose (GCS 3). He is intubated and haemodynamically stabl…
A 62-year-old man named Yaw is brought to the Komfo Anokye Emergency Department after a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. After 25 minutes of CPR, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) is a…
A 40-year-old man named Kwabena is brought to the A&E of a regional hospital after a witnessed collapse. CPR is in progress. The team leader asks the team to consider reversible causes of cardiac arre…
A 35-year-old man named Mohammed is in cardiac arrest in the resus bay at a regional hospital A&E. He has a history of end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis. The monitor shows a sine-wave pattern p…
A 35-year-old woman named Abena collapses in the corridor of Korle Bu emergency centre. She is unresponsive and pulseless. A bystander begins chest compressions. The resuscitation team arrives and att…
A 40-year-old woman named Esi is brought to a district hospital A&E in the Northern Region after a witnessed cardiac arrest. CPR is in progress. The monitor shows asystole. The team notes she was foun…
Adwoa, a 38-year-old woman, presents to a district hospital A&E in the Upper East Region with sharp right-sided chest pain that is worse on deep inspiration and coughing. She returned from a visit to …
Mensah, a 67-year-old hypertensive male, is brought to Komfo Anokye ED with sudden-onset severe chest pain that he describes as 'ripping', starting in the front of the chest and moving to between his …
Kofi, a 50-year-old overweight man, presents to a regional hospital A&E in the Volta Region with a 2-month history of chest discomfort. He describes a burning sensation in the lower chest and upper ab…
Kofi, a 34-year-old office worker, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with sharp left-sided chest pain that is worse when lying flat and is relieved when he leans forward. He had a flu…
Yaw, a 34-year-old man, presents to a district hospital in Brong-Ahafo with sharp left-sided chest pain that is worse on inspiration and when lying flat. He reports that sitting forward significantly …
Yaw, a 45-year-old civil servant, attends the regional hospital A&E in Cape Coast with a 3-month history of burning retrosternal chest discomfort that occurs 30–60 minutes after meals and is relieved …
Abena, a 29-year-old woman who is 6 weeks post-partum, presents to a regional hospital A&E with sudden-onset right-sided chest pain worsened by breathing and progressive shortness of breath over 4 hou…
Abena, a 28-year-old woman, presents to a district hospital A&E in Brong-Ahafo with a 3-day history of sharp chest pain that is worse when she lies flat and is relieved when she sits forward and leans…
Kofi, a 45-year-old man with a history of obesity, presents to a regional hospital A&E with a 3-month history of burning retrosternal chest discomfort that typically occurs after large meals and when …