SAQ Stack
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
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 …
Glomerulonephritis in toddler
A 22-month-old previously well boy presents with one week of periorbital oedema and bilateral leg swelling. He has normal vital …
Ischaemic priapism
A 46-year-old male presents with a 6-hour history of a painful erection.
Peritoneal dialysis peritonitis
A 63-year-old woman with end-stage renal failure on daily peritoneal dialysis presents with abdominal pain. You are concerned about PD …
Acute testicular torsion
A 26-year-old male presents to a rural emergency department with severe atraumatic left scrotal pain. Testicular torsion is suspected.
Obstructing ureteric stone with sepsis
A 34-year-old female presents with sudden onset right flank pain. Limited slices of her CTKUB are shown.
Electrical injury
A 40-year-old electrician presents following an electrical injury at work.
Propranolol overdose
A 24-year-old female presents after ingesting approximately 50 x 20 mg propranolol tablets following an argument with her partner. She …
Paediatric redback spider envenomation
A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his mother after suddenly screaming while playing in the garden and …
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
A 24-year-old female is brought in by ambulance with fever and altered mental status. Paramedics report a psychiatric history, details …
Suspected drug mule ingestion
A 23-year-old man has been brought to your ED by AFP and paramedics from a nearby airport. There are concerns …
Polypharmacy overdose
A 41 year old male (80kg) is brought to your rural ED in an altered conscious state after a polypharmacy …
Severe accidental hypothermia
A 72-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after being found collapsed in his backyard early in the morning. …
Unknown overdose
A 17-year-old girl is brought to the emergency department with acute confusion after ingesting a large number of unknown tablets …
Undifferentiated overdose
You are the consultant on shift in a rural emergency department. A 42-year-old man is brought in by ambulance service …
Reduced GCS and alcohol withdrawal seizures
A 64-year-old man with frequent alcohol-related ED presentations is brought in after a witnessed generalised tonic–clonic seizure. He has a …
First presentation bipolar disorder
A 28-year-old female has been brought to your emergency department by concerned work colleagues. They have noticed a significant change …
First presentation psychosis
A 22-year-old man is brought to ED by police due to concerning behaviour. There is no personal or family psychiatric …
Agitation following alcohol intoxication
A 54-year-old man admitted overnight with alcohol intoxication and suicidal ideation becomes increasingly agitated on waking. He has a long …
Suicidal ideation in older male
A 74-year-old man is brought in by his neighbour with malaise and abdominal pain. Medical workup is benign, but during …
Anterior uveitis
A 30-year-old man presents with a painful left eye. A clinical photograph is provided.