SAQ Stack
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Ethylene glycol poisoning
A 58 year old man has been found at his home with altered conscious state after a suspectedingestion of engine …
Seizure at a music festival
A 19 year old woman has been brought to ED after having a seizure at a music festival. On arrival …
Opioid overdose
A 25-year-old man arrives by ambulance to your ED following a suspected overdose. He wasfound at home, unconscious, with pinpoint …
VP shunt complication
A 10-year-old girl presents to your ED with headache and vomiting. She has a history of hydrocephalus and has a …
Painless loss of vision
A 70-year-old woman presents to your ED with sudden atraumatic loss of vision in her left eye. This happened 2 …
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 …
Chest pain and syncope
A 35-year-old woman presents to the ED with central chest pain and two syncopal episodes.
Acute mastoiditis
A 12-month-old girl is brought into your Emergency Department with a painful left ear. She has been seen to pull …
Contact lens keratitis
A 22-year-old university student presents with a 3-day history of painful, red left eye associated with blurred vision and photophobia. …
Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage
You are the consultant in charge of a tertiary ED. A 2000h a 3-year-old, 15kg male child presents with his …
Open globe injury
A 45 year old man presents to the Emergency Department following an isolated injury to his right eye.
Lemierre syndrome
An otherwise well 20-year-old male patient presents with sepsis seven days after developing a severe sore throat. You suspect Lemierre …
Cervical spine injury
A 35-year-old male presents to your tertiary ED after a mountain biking accident. Paramedics found him lying supine and unable …
Parkinson's and fever
A 75-year-old man with advanced Parkinson’s disease presents to the ED with fever, worsening rigidity, and confusion. He has had …
Progressive weakness
A 45-year-old man presents to the ED with progressive weakness, difficulty swallowing, and shortness of breath. He has no history …
Head injury
A 27-year-old man presents following an assault. He had a GCS of 5 at the scene and has been intubated …
Lumbar puncture
You have just performed a Lumbar Puncture on a 45 year old man with a 2 day history of a …
Paediatric constipation
A 4-year-old boy is brought to the ED by his parents with abdominal discomfort, reduced appetite and intermittent distress over …
Abdominal pain
A 65-year-old man presents to your Emergency Department with central abdominal pain radiating to the back associated with nausea and …
Abdominal pain
A 25-year-old woman presents with sudden onset RUQ and RIF pain. She is febrile, BP 98/75, HR 100.
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis
A 58-year-old woman presents with abdominal discomfort, fever and altered mental status. She has a history of liver cirrhosis with …
Paediatric pneumonia
An 8-year-old girl has presented to your rural ED with fevers, shortness of breath and a productive cough for the …
Epigastric pain and progressive dyspnoea
A 48-year-old man, well-known to your department with alcohol dependence and chronic pancreatitis, presents with acute epigastric pain. He has …