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SAQ-Eye & Ear

The boxed questions are the four you are to do to time and bring to teaching.
Please use a timer (60 min for 4 questions) as a perfect 18 minute answer is an incomplete and failing 15 minute answer.

2003/1/SAQ4: A 72 year old man is brought to the emergency department by ambulance with a 2 hour history of epistaxis. He is on warfarin for atrial fibrillation. Describe your assessment of this patient. (50%) Describe your management of this patient. (50%)

2003/2/SAQ1: A 4 year old boy presents with a foul smelling round foreign body in his nostril. He has a history of ventriculoseptal defect and his parents are somewhat anxious. Discuss your options with regards to his management (100%)

2005/2/SAQ5: Discuss the different methods used to control epistaxis in the emergency department. (100%)

2006/1/SAQ4: A 50 year old woman presents to the emergency department with the sudden loss of vision in one eye. a) List your differential diagnoses. (30%) b) Describe your assessment of this patient. (70%)

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2008/1/SAQ8: A 58 year old woman presents to the emergency department complaining of a 5 day history of sore throat and progressive difficulty in swallowing. Examination reveals she is febrile with stridor at rest. Oropharyngeal examination does not reveal an overt diagnosis. Describe your management. (100%)

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2007/1/SAQ5: A 60 year old presents with a painful red eye. There is no history of trauma. a) How would you distinguish between anterior uveitis and acute angle closure glaucoma? (50%) b) Outline your management of acute angle closure glaucoma.(50%)

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2001/1/SAQ6: A 36 year old man presents to the Emergency Department with a sudden deterioration of vision in his left eye. a) Outline your assessment of this patient (50%). b) List your differential diagnosis (50%)

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2001/1/SAQ1: Discuss the management of traumatic injury to the pinna of the ear. (100%)

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