SAQ Stack
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Perilunate wrist dislocation
An 88-year-old man is brought in by ambulance to your emergency department atier a fall down 3 steps onto his …
Supracondylar humerus fracture
A 5-year-old girl presents after falling from monkey bars and injuring her right elbow. A lateral X-ray of the elbow …
Non-accidental injury – metaphyseal fracture
A 3-month-old boy presents as unsettled. On examination he appears to have a painful leg and an X-ray is performed.
Head injury
You are the consultant in charge of an urban district emergency department. You have just assessed a 42-year-old male who …
Post-thyroidectomy airway compromise
A previously well, 37-year-old female presents to your rural ED with a history of acute shortness of breath. She underwent …
Eye injury
A 21-year-old male presents after sustaining an eye injury while hammering metal at work. An image of the eye is …
Cervical spine injury with neurogenic shock
A 32-year-old man is involved in an amateur mixed martial arts bout and is slammed onto the ground. He complains …
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
A 43-year-old woman arrives via ambulance to your regional ED at 8pm. She had a sudden worsening of a 2-day …
Priapism
A 40-year-old man presents at 11:30 pm with severe pain and distress with an erection present for 3 hours. He …
Acute limb ischaemia
An 85-year-old man presents with a painful and pulseless right lower leg. You suspect an ischaemic limb.
Orbital cellulitis
A 5-year-old boy presents with progressive left eye swelling, pain and nausea.
Aortic dissection
A 50-year-old man presents distressed and diaphoretic with severe chest pain radiating to the back. You are concerned about aortic …
Guillain-Barré syndrome
A previously well 26-year-old woman has presented after developing ptosis this morning which was preceded by a 24-hour history of …
Paediatric cardiac arrest from box jellyfish envenomation
You are working at a regional hospital in a coastal city in northern Australia. You are pre-alerted that the ambulance …
Older persons
Your Emergency Department Director has noted your previous clinical acumen in caring for older people. They have asked you to …
Shocked neonate
An 8-day-old infant presents hypotonic, centrally cyanotic and cool peripherally. Peripheral oxygen saturation reads 70% with poor trace. The infant …
Chest pain
You are the ED consultant in a small rural hospital 2 hours from the nearest tertiary centre. A 60-year-old female …
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 …
Syncope
A 49-year-old man presents with syncope. He collapsed without warning or prodrome and recovered within a few minutes. No injuries …
Syncope
An 84-year-old man is brought in from a nursing home following syncope. His ECG is shown. The monitor later alarms …
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.