SAQ Stack : Resuscitation
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
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 …
Undifferentiated overdose
You are the consultant on shift in a rural emergency department. A 42-year-old man is brought in by ambulance service …
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 …
Blocked tracheostomy with haemorrhage
A patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis presents with sats of 75%, central cyanosis and poor respiratory effort. He has a …
Post-splenectomy sepsis
A 54-year-old man presents to emergency with general lethargy, fatigue and fevers and chills. He had a splenectomy following a …
Dizzy and myalgias with CCF
A 65-year-old man is bought into ED by his wife with myalgia and dizziness. He has a past history of …
Hanging
A 52-year-old man is brought to the Emergency Department after a hanging. He was found in PEA arrest with ROSC …
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 …
Collapse with hypotension
A young female presents to your Emergency Department with hypotension and collapse.
Floppy neonate
A 2-week-old male infant is rushed to your ED by his concerned parents. The child is floppy with reduced LOC. …
Tetralogy of Fallot with hypercyanotic spell
A 5-month-old boy with known Tetralogy of Fallot presents cyanosed and distressed and is awaiting definitive surgical repair.
Collapsed neonate with hypoglycaemia
A 5-day old male baby is brought in by his mother for decreased breast-feeding. On examination the child is flat …
Pelvic trauma with haemorrhagic shock
A 34-year-old man is brought to a tertiary ED after being hit by a car while crossing the street.
Presumed renal colic
A 75-year-old man is referred by his GP for presumed renal colic. He has worsening flank pain and is now …
Unresponsive infant
A 6-month-old girl is brought to a tertiary ED unrousable after a nap. She was reportedly well earlier that morning. …
Snake envenomation with collapse
A 62-year-old woman collapses after a snake bite in southern NSW. She is first seen at a peripheral hospital and …
Paediatric penetrating trauma cardiac arrest
An 8-year-old boy has been crushed by shelving while playing in a shed. During extrication a piece of metal penetrated …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Shocked neonate
An 8-day-old infant presents hypotonic, centrally cyanotic and cool peripherally. Peripheral oxygen saturation reads 70% with poor trace. The infant …
Smoke inhalation incident
You receive notification of 15 casualties that will present to your small rural ED from a fire in a local …
Cardiac tamponade post valve replacement
A 55-year-old man self-presents to your regional ED with new onset shortness of breath on exertion and presyncope post bovine …
Funnel-web spider bite
You are the day consultant in a large regional ED on the east coast of NSW. You have received notice …