SAQ Stack
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Radiation exposure and contamination
A 30-year-old forklift driver ruptures a source of radioactive caesium chloride while unloading brachytherapy equipment and attempts to clean up …
Altitude illness and HAPE
You are the expedition doctor for a tour group of adults completing a 3-week trek in the Nepalese Himalayas. The …
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 …
Ludwig’s angina
A 50-year-old man presents to ED two days post dental extraction with pain on swallowing.
Acute spinal cord injury and intubation
A 28-year-old man is brought to ED following a rugby match with concern for cervical spine injury. He is unable …
Painful facial rash
An elderly woman presents with a painful unilateral facial rash involving the upper face and eye.
Haematemesis
A 60-year-old man has presented to your ED with a history of haematemesis. He is a chronic alcoholic. Vitals are …
Arm injury
A 35-year-old man presents with a painful right arm after falling from a jet ski.
Carotid artery dissection
A 34-year-old man presents with sudden onset left-sided neck pain and headache after carrying his child on his shoulders. On …
Pancytopenia and transfusion reactions
A 77-year-old male presents with lower back pain after a recent minor trip. He has a normal lower limb neurological …
Superior vena cava syndrome
A 76-year-old male has been referred to ED by his GP with concern for a 6cm occlusive SVC thrombus on …
Acute ischaemic stroke and thrombolysis
A 79-year-old man is brough to ED with a stroke. He has R-sided hemiplegia (arm worse than leg), eyes deviated …
Pituitary apoplexy
A 50-year-old man with a history of pituitary adenoma presents with severe headache, nausea and vomiting. Vitals: HR 120 BP …
Erythema multiforme and SJS/TEN
A 25-year-old woman presents with a widespread rash after starting penicillin V one week ago. She has mucosal involvement.
Rash after bushwalking
A 53-year-old man presents to a rural ED feeling unwell after bushwalking. He has noticed a painless rash on his …
Hot swollen ankle
A 55-year-old man presents with acute atraumatic ankle pain and a low-grade fever.
Advanced HIV with fever and cough
A 45-year-old man known to be HIV positive presents with fever, non-productive cough, weight loss and mild confusion. Vitals: HR …
Major burns and inhalation injury
A 45-year-old woman is brought to the ED after extrication from a house fire with significant burns and smoke exposure.
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 …
Paediatric penetrating trauma cardiac arrest
An 8-year-old boy has been crushed by shelving while playing in a shed. During extrication a piece of metal penetrated …
Blunt chest trauma with shock
A 46-year-old man is brought to the resuscitation bay following a 3-metre fall from a work platform onto a horizontal …
Trimalleolar ankle fracture-dislocation
A 65-year-old woman presents after slipping on a wet floor and is unable to weight-bear on her left ankle. X-rays …
Shoulder dislocation
A 45-year-old man presents after a fall with an abnormal shoulder position. Clinical images and X-rays are provided.