OMSB Emergency Medicine (OEEM) case studies
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The OMSB Emergency Medicine examination is one of the educational programs listed by the Oman Medical Specialty Board (OMSB), the autonomous Omani body whose stated mission is "furthering the growth of human resources for health, through developing specialized physicians and assuring the competencies of health care professionals for a healthier and a happier community." It sits within OMSB's portfolio of 18 postgraduate medical education and residency programs and is aimed at physicians training in, or seeking board recognition in, emergency medicine. OMSB's Examination Department is organised into a Written Examination Section, a Clinical Examination Section, an Item Bank Section and an Examination Coordination Section, which indicates that assessment in OMSB specialties typically combines written and clinical formats. The OMSB Emergency Medicine (OEEM) case studies are 5 cases and about 4,437 words.
1Tearing Back Pain with Inferior ST Elevation: Antiplatelets Before Imaging?
A 58-year-old man with a 15-year smoking history and treated hypertension presents 25 minutes after the sudden onset of severe tearing pain between the scapulae while lifting a gas cylinder. The pain migrated to the mid-back and he calls it 'the worst of my life'.
672 words, about 3 min2New-Onset Paediatric DKA in a District Hospital at 03:00
A 6-year-old boy, previously well, weighing 20 kg, is brought at 03:00 with three days of vomiting, abdominal pain and polyuria. He is drowsy but rousable, GCS 14 (E4 V4 M6), with deep sighing respirations at 34/min.
968 words, about 5 min3Scorpion Sting in a Child: Autonomic Storm Without Antivenom
A 4-year-old girl from a village near Rustaq is brought 40 minutes after being stung on the dorsum of the right foot by a small pale-yellow scorpion. She has vomited twice and is drenched in sweat.
865 words, about 4 min4Anticoagulated Elderly Head Injury with a Delayed Bleed
A 78-year-old woman is brought by her son 3 hours after a mechanical fall in the bathroom, during which she struck the back of her head on the tiled floor and lost consciousness for 'a few seconds'. She takes apixaban 5 mg twice daily for atrial fibrillation, bisoprolol and amlodipine; her last dose was 6 hours ago.
951 words, about 5 min5Eclamptic Seizure at 34 Weeks in a Hospital Without a Neonatal Unit
A 26-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 1, at 34 weeks by her last menstrual period, is brought by her husband after a 2-minute generalised tonic-clonic seizure in the ambulance. She has had no antenatal care this pregnancy.
981 words, about 5 min