SAQ Stack : Trauma
Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study
Crush syndrome
A 28-year-old male is brought in by ambulance after an accident on a construction site. An excavator tipped onto its …
Major incident
It is a busy Saturday evening in a tertiary ED where you are working as a junior FACEM. The NUM …
Major incident
You are the FACEM in charge of a tertiary hospital ED. You are informed that a major incident has been …
Frailty and goals of care in geriatric trauma
You are the consultant working in a major trauma centre when an 85 year old man is brought in by …
Minor head injury in toddler
A toddler is brought to your emergency department after a fall. The exact mechanism is unclear but was reported as …
Blunt abdominal trauma
A 28-year-old man is brought into your tertiary ED having been witnessed to jump from a 2nd storey balcony (approximately …
Traumatic limb amputation
A 70 year old male is brought into your tertiary Emergency Department after pre-hospital notification of a suicide attempt by …
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 …
Trauma in pregnancy
A 25-year-old female is BIBA following a high speed MVA. She was driving on a highway at 100kph when an …
Back pain, falls and urinary retention
You are the consultant on duty on Saturday evening in a busy major referral Emergency Department. You are approached by …
Retrieval of polytrauma patient
You are a member of a retrieval team tasked by helicopter to retrieve a 25-year-old patient from a small peripheral …
Paediatric scald burn
A mother brings her 7-month-old baby after she accidentally spilled hot water from the kitchen sink onto the baby's neck, …
Facial trauma
A 45-year-old man presents after being assaulted with a metal bar. He has heavy brisk bleeding from the mouth and …
Paediatric blunt chest trauma
You are the resuscitation consultant in a paediatric major trauma centre. A 12-year-old girl is brought in by her parents …
Penetrating chest trauma
A 35-year-old man presents following an industrial injury. His vital signs are currently stable.
Acute compartment syndrome
A 25-year-old man presents following a motorbike crash with an obvious injury to his left leg. You suspect compartment syndrome.
Foot injury
A 20-year-old female is brought in by ambulance after a dirt bike accident. She has a painful and swollen right …
Obstetric trauma in third trimester
A 29-year-old female who is at 30/40 gestation has been involved in a 60km/hr MVA. She is complaining of lower …
Electrical injury
A 40-year-old electrician presents following an electrical injury at work.
Infant head injury
A 2-month-old baby boy is reviewed after his father slipped while carrying him, resulting in the baby hitting his head …
Cervical spine injury
A 35-year-old man presents after falling 2 metres from a ladder with severe neck pain. A CT of the cervical …
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 …
Penetrating back injury with renal trauma
A 35-year-old man sustains a single stab wound to the left side of his back. The incoming ambulance team have …