Arab Board EM Final Written study materials
Arab Board EM Final Written study resources

Arab Board EM Final Written case studies

Arab Board EM Final Written · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The Arab Board of Emergency Medicine Final Written Examination is the written component of the senior summative assessment leading to Arab Board certification in emergency medicine. It is intended for emergency medicine residents who have completed or are nearing completion of accredited training and who already hold the knowledge base built across the specialty. The examination is a multiple-choice paper that samples broadly across the discipline, from resuscitation and cardiovascular emergencies through trauma, paediatrics, toxicology, obstetrics, sepsis, emergency ultrasound and airway management, and on to administration, quality, patient safety, disaster medicine, research methods and professionalism. Questions typically test applied clinical judgement rather than isolated recall: you are asked what to do next, what the most likely diagnosis is, or which single step most reduces harm. The Arab Board EM Final Written case studies are 5 cases and about 2,950 words.

1

Post-ROSC Care After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in a Resource-Limited ED

A 58-year-old man collapses at a mall. Bystanders start CPR; EMS arrives in 9 minutes and delivers one shock for ventricular fibrillation.

684 words, about 3 min
2

Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in a Young Woman with a Normal Chest X-ray

A 29-year-old woman on a combined oral contraceptive presents with 6 hours of pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. HR 112, BP 118/72, RR 24, SpO2 94% on room air, temperature 37.2°C.

667 words, about 3 min
3

Acute Behavioural Disturbance in a Patient with Suspected Stimulant Intoxication

A 24-year-old man is brought by police after being found agitated, sweating and shouting in the street. He is tachycardic at 148, BP 168/98, temperature 38.9°C, pupils dilated, and he is combative and not answering questions.

517 words, about 3 min
4

Paediatric Wheeze Not Responding to First-Line Therapy

A 4-year-old girl is brought in with 12 hours of cough and increasing work of breathing. She has had two prior admissions with wheeze, one to ICU.

572 words, about 3 min
5

Elderly Patient with Falls, Anticoagulation and a Head Injury

An 82-year-old woman on apixaban for atrial fibrillation is brought in after a mechanical fall at home. She struck her head and has a 3 cm scalp haematoma.

510 words, about 3 min