Iraqi Board Emergency Medicine case studies
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The Iraqi Board in Emergency Medicine is a postgraduate specialty qualification awarded through the Iraqi Board of Medical Specializations (IBMS) to physicians who complete structured training in emergency medicine and pass its staged assessments. It is intended for doctors who have finished their primary medical degree and are building a career in emergency departments, whether in major teaching hospitals, general hospitals, or prehospital and disaster-response settings. The Iraqi Board Emergency Medicine case studies are 5 cases and about 5,173 words.
1Inferior STEMI with Right Ventricular Involvement in a Hospital Without PCI
A 58-year-old man is brought to a 90-bed district hospital 70 minutes after the onset of crushing central chest pain. He is pale and clammy.
991 words, about 5 min2Exhausting Severe Asthma with a Deceptively Normal PaCO2
A 26-year-old woman with asthma since childhood presents at 03:00 after three days of a coryzal illness. She has used her salbutamol inhaler every two hours overnight and cannot complete a sentence.
1,023 words, about 5 min3Unstable Open-Book Pelvis with a Negative FAST and No Interventional Radiology
A 34-year-old motorcyclist is brought in 40 minutes after colliding with a car. He is confused, moving all four limbs, and complaining of pelvic pain.
1,031 words, about 5 min4Sustained-Release Verapamil Overdose Refractory to Calcium and Atropine
A 47-year-old woman is brought in 6 hours after ingesting 20 tablets of sustained-release verapamil 240 mg (4.8 g) with water. She has a history of depression.
1,026 words, about 5 min5Eclampsia at a District Hospital Two Hours From Maternity Intensive Care
A 29-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, at 35 weeks' gestation is brought by her husband to a rural hospital with a severe frontal headache and blurred vision for 12 hours. Blood pressure is 178/112 mmHg, pulse 96/min, respiratory rate 20/min, SpO2 97%, urine dipstick 3+ protein.
1,102 words, about 6 min