SAQ Library : Obstetrics & Gynaecology
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Early pregnancy bleeding and collapse
A 23-year-old female presents to your Emergency Department with lower abdominal discomfort and some per-vaginal bleeding. Her LMP was 5 …
Trauma in pregnancy
A woman is involved in a high speed motor vehicle rash and is brough to your ED. She is 34 …
Threatened preterm labour
You are the consultant working an evening shift in a regional hospital when a 19-year-old female who is 32/40 weeks …
Eclampsia and hypertensive emergency
You are the FACEM in charge in a tertiary ED. A 37-year-old woman, 35 weeks’ gestation, is brought in after …
Hyperemesis gravidarum
A 27-year-old female presents with vomiting in early pregnancy. She is 7 weeks gestation based on her LMP. This is …
Varicella in pregnancy
A 24-year-old woman presents to your Emergency Department with a 2-day history of fever, malaise and a widespread itchy vesicular …
Adolescent lower abdominal pain
A 15-year-old girl presents to your regional ED with lower abdominal pain. She is usually well, immunized and has no …
Missed ovarian torsion
Your director has asked for your review of a recent missed diagnosis of an ovarian torsion within the Emergency Department.
Trauma in pregnancy
A 25-year-old female is BIBA following a high speed MVA. She was driving on a highway at 100kph when an …
Pelvic inflammatory disease
A 23-year-old female presents to ED with 3 days of lower abdominal pain and malodorous vaginal discharge. She reports to …
Shoulder dystocia
A 32-year-old woman presents to your ED complaining of crampy abdominal pain. She is G2P1 at 38 weeks’ gestation and …
Early pregnancy bleeding
A 30-year-old lady presents to your emergency department with lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. She reports a positive urinary …
Eclampsia in late pregnancy
A 22-year-old female presents to your urban district hospital with confusion. She is 34/40 gestation and has a previous history …
Postpartum haemorrhage after precipitous delivery
A 27-year-old woman presents to the ED in precipitous labour. A term infant has been delivered and is in the …
Obstetric trauma in third trimester
A 29-year-old female who is at 30/40 gestation has been involved in a 60km/hr MVA. She is complaining of lower …
Postpartum haemorrhage
A 24-year-old multiparous woman who is 36/40 gestation, presents to triage in labour. She is transferred to the resus room …
Early pregnancy bleeding
A 24-year-old woman presents with abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding. Her last menstrual period was eight weeks ago and pregnancy …
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
A 32-year-old woman presents with bloating, lower abdominal pain and dyspnoea on minimal exertion. She is undergoing IVF, with egg …
Trauma in pregnancy
A 29-year-old woman at 33 weeks gestation presents following an MVA (car vs tree at 50 km/h). She was restrained …
Chorioamnionitis
A 35-year-old woman, 27/40 pregnant with twins, self-presents to a small outer metropolitan hospital with PV loss and contractions. She …
Pregnant trauma
A 28-year-old female is brought to your Emergency Department with chest and abdominal pain following a high-speed motor vehicle accident. …
PV Bleeding
A 38-year old female presents with active vaginal bleeding. Her vital signs are: BP 110/70, HR 130, RR 16, Sp02 …
RIF pain
A 34-year-old female has been brought in by ambulance to your tertiary hospital with right iliac fossa pain. She appears …