SAQ Stack : Cardiovascular
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Unwell neonate
An 8-day-old neonate is brought to the ED by concerned parents. Over the last 48 hours she has become increasingly …
Collapse after vomiting
A 21-year-old female presents after collapse following a 3-day history of vomiting. ABG: pH 7.65 pCO2 55 PO2 80 HCO3 …
Opioid overdose
A 25-year-old man arrives by ambulance to your ED following a suspected overdose. He wasfound at home, unconscious, with pinpoint …
Chest pain and syncope
A 35-year-old woman presents to the ED with central chest pain and two syncopal episodes.
Collapsed neonate
A 14 day old term baby is brought to your suburban mixed ED at 6am. Parents reported the breathing rate …
Syncope
A 70 year old man has collapsed at the shops with chest pain. The ambulance service found him to be …
Paediatric tachycardia
An 18-month-old girl presents to your urban district ED with lethargy and poor feeding over the last 24 hours. She …
SOB and chest pain
A 74-year-old man has presented via ambulance to your tertiary ED with shortness of breath and chest pain for the …
Cardiac POCUS
A 40-year-old man presents with chest pain and SOB. A focused point of care ultrasound is undertaken by your registrar …
Pacemaker malfunction with ventricular arrhythmia
An 85-year-old woman with a past history of IHD and DDD pacemaker presents with palpitations and syncope.
Digoxin and propranolol overdose
A 19-year-old female presents 2 hours post an intentional drug overdose. She admits to taking 250 tablets of digoxin 62.5mcg …
Resolved chest pain
You are the morning consultant in a rural hospital reviewing a 50-year-old male who self-presented overnight with recently resolved chest …
Acute aortic dissection
A 50-year-old man presents distressed and diaphoretic with severe chest pain radiating into his back. You are concerned about the …
Syncope
A 45-year-old man presents following a collapse while sitting down having lunch with friends. He is now alert and asymptomatic.
Broad complex tachycardia
A 55-year-old male is brought in by ambulance with palpitations. He is placed into a resus bay and has intravenous …
Open disclosure following adverse outcome
A 58-year-old man was discharged from the ED after presenting with chest pain and died at home three days later. …
Unwell neonate
A 6-day-old girl presents lethargic and tachypnoeic with hypotension, hypoxia and a loud cardiac murmur. You are concerned about congenital …
Anaphylactic shock with allergic myocardial infarction
A 59-year-old woman is brought to the resus room by paramedics after becoming weak, dizzy and nauseated while getting her …
Infective endocarditis
A 36-year-old man with intravenous drug use presents with fever and malaise for three days. His observations are as follows: …
Syncope during basketball
A 19-year-old man presents following a syncopal episode while playing basketball. He is now haemodynamically stable.
Chest pain
A 69-year-old female presents to the ED with 12 hours of chest pain and shortness of breath.
Syncope at work
A 60-year-old man presents with a syncopal episode whilst at work. He is unable to describe any preceding symptoms and …
Acute respiratory distress and chest pain
A 75-year-old man is brought into the resus room of your tertiary ED with acute respiratory distress. Family members report …
Refractory cardiac arrest and ECMO
A 59-year-old man has a witnessed collapse at the airport. CPR was immediately commenced. The ambulance will arrive to your …