SAQ Stack : Environmental
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Decompression illness
A 30-year-old recreational diver is brought by ambulance to your small coastal ED. He collapsed shortly after emerging from the …
Cardiac arrest on a beach
You are working at a regional hospital in a coastal city in northern Australia. You are pre-alerted that the ambulance …
Acute radiation exposure
You receive notification of a 30-year-old fork-lift driver who while unloading a delivery of brachytherapy equipment accidentally drove the fork-lift …
Decompression illness
A 39 year old man returns from a diving trip and presents to your Emerg Dept. with severe lower back …
Severe hypothermia and rewarming complications
A 72-year-old male is brought to you Emergency Department by ambulance. He was found by a neighbour collapsed in his …
High altitude pulmonary oedema
You are the expedition doctor on a trek in the Peruvian Andes climbing to around 4700m above sea level.
Marine envenomation cardiac arrest
A 20-year-old female is brought into your ED after having been found in cardiac arrest on a beach in far …
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. …
Heat stroke with status epilepticus
A 3-year-old boy is brought to ED with prolonged and ongoing seizure activity after being found locked in the back …
Electrical injury
A 40-year-old electrician presents following an electrical injury at work.
Severe accidental hypothermia
A 72-year-old male is brought to the emergency department after being found collapsed in his backyard early in the morning. …
Major burns with inhalation injury
A 23-year-old man is rescued from a fire after being trapped in a storeroom. His obesrvations are : GCS 13 …
Diving collapse and decompression illness
You are part of a helicopter retrieval service dispatched to a patient who has collapsed on a dive boat on …
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 …
Decompression illness
A 30-year-old recreational diver is brought by ambulance to your small coastal ED. He collapsed shortly after emerging from the …
Paediatric drowning arrest
A 3-year-old boy arrives to your urban district Emergency Department having been found at the bottom of a backyard swimming …
Heat stroke
A 36-year-old-male is brought in by ambulance to your regional emergency department with confusion and agitation. He had been competing …
Diving injury
A 35-year-old male scuba diver becomes acutely unwell on surfacing from a dive. He is confused and complaining of visual …
Hypothermia
A 59-year-old patient is found unconscious at home following a welfare check. He is hypotensive with a GCS of 5. …
Found down
A 63-year-old female is BIBA to your ED atier being found face down on the floor in her home. She …
Electrical injury at work
A 40-year-old electrician presents to your ED following an electrical injury at work.
Climbing Everest
You are a newly qualified FACEM excited about the relaxation of pandemic international travel restrictions and as such have agreed …