SAQ Stack : Anaesthetics
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Morbid obesity and trauma
A morbidly obese man is brought to your ED following a rollover MVA. His estimated weight is 210kg. He has …
Penetrating neck trauma with aerodigestive injury
A 17-year-old man has presented to your rural ED following a quadbike accident where he impacted a wire fence and …
Respiratory sepsis with hypoxia
A 78-year-old woman with COAD, diabetes and hypothyroidism presents with shortness of breath and respiratory sepsis. On arrival she looks …
Paediatric drowning with cardiac arrest
A 2-year-old boy is brought in following cardiac arrest after being found at the bottom of a backyard swimming pool. …
Ventilated severe asthma with deterioration
A young woman with an estimated weight of 50 kg has just been intubated for severe asthma and is currently …
Nitrous oxide inhalation injury
A 21-year-old man presents one hour after inhaling nitrous oxide directly from a medical-grade canister. He develops throat and chest …
Ketamine-associated airway emergency in child
A 4-year-old girl receives IV ketamine for procedural sedation to suture a forehead laceration. She vomits, develops stridor, desaturates, becomes …
Blocked tracheostomy with haemorrhage
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis presents with sats of 75%, central cyanosis and poor respiratory effort. He has a …
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 …
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 …
Difficult airway
As resuscitationists, we otien need to anticipate and prepare for the ‘difficult airway’ in the ED.
Neuroprotective intubation
A 75-year-old female is brought in by ambulance obtunded following collapse at home. She has a past history of anticoagulated …
Biers block
A 54-year-old female presents to your Emergency Department with left wrist pain following a trip and fall. She has no …
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 …
Infant Intubation
A 6-month-old boy presents obtunded in septic shock and requires intubation.
Hot after intubation
Approximately 45 minutes ago you intubated a 25-year-old male with suxamethonium and propofol in your ED. His nurse has become …
Intubated asthmatic
You have just performed an RSI on a patient with acute severe asthma. Shortly after intubation you look up at …
Foot nerve block
You are working in a regional coastal emergency department. A 34-year-old male presents with multiple lacerations to the sole of …
Ketamine complication
You are in charge of a busy evening shift, when the buzzer goes off in one of the resus bays. …
Intubation complications
You are walking past the resus bay where a 50-year-old man has just been intubated by other members of the …