SAQ Library : Respiratory
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Acute pulmonary embolism
A 41-year-old female presents to your tertiary centre Emergency Department with acute onset shortness of breath and chest pain. Her …
Hanging
A 52-year-old man is brought to the Emergency Department after a hanging. He was found in PEA arrest with ROSC …
Collapse with hypotension
A young female presents to your Emergency Department with hypotension and collapse.
Cavitating pneumonia in intravenous drug use
A 30-year-old man with a history of intravenous drug use presents with fever, productive cough, dyspnoea and haemoptysis. His obs …
Infant bronchiolitis
A 14-month-old girl presents with 2 days of increasing work of breathing and wheeze following a viral prodrome. Her initial …
Physiologically difficult intubation
A 45-year-old male hasjust arrived in your resus bay. He has been transferred by ambulance from a rural hospital for …
RSI in morbid obesity
A 32-year-old man with pneumonia requires intubation. He is morbidly obese with BMI 42, actual weight 130 kg and ideal …
Spontaneous pneumothorax
A 20-year-old male smoker presents with right-sided pleuritic chest pain. No past medical history. Hobbies include scuba diving. Exam: absent …
Severe asthma and NIV
A 28-year-old man is brought in by ambulance with acute respiratory distress. History of poorly controlled asthma with repeated ICU …
Shortness of breath
A 65-year-old man presents with shortness of breath and fever. A chest X-ray is provided.
ARDS
A 74-year-old man is brought in by ambulance with profound respiratory distress and hypoxia. A chest X-ray is performed.
Severe life-threatening asthma
You are the tertiary ED consultant on duty. Your team is treating a 40-year-old male with severe life-threatening asthma. The …
Dizzy and Short of Breath
A 62-year-old female is brought into the resuscitation area of your department by ambulance. She woke from sleep this morning …
SOB with respiratory sepsis
A 78 year old woman with a past history of COAD, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, presents with SOB in …
Acute dyspnoea
An 80-year-old gentleman presents with acute dyspnoea, onset 2 hours ago. His past historyis unclear. On arrival he is placed …
Haemoptysis
A 69-year-old lady presents to your tertiary ED with a 1-hour history of haemoptysis. She states that she has coughed …
Breathless after Pneumonia
A 78-year-old woman presents with breathlessness. She completed a course of antibiotics for a mild pneumonia 1 week ago. Her …
Intubated asthmatic
You have just performed an RSI on a patient with acute severe asthma. Shortly after intubation you look up at …
5yo with cough, fever and hypoxia
A previously well 5-year-old girl presents with cough, fever, hypoxia and R sided chest pain. She has no allergies and …