Chief Complain: Chest Pain
Unstable Patient
Pivotal Assessments (one after the other) | Finding | ||||||||
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EKG
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ST Segment Elevation | Non ST Segment Elevation | Indeterminate | Left bundle branch block | Presence of Q waves | T-wave inversion |
Ventricular Fibrillation
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Normal | |
Portable Chest X-Ray | Pneumothorax | Pneumonia | Pleural Effusion | Aortic Dissection | |||||
D-Dimer* | Elevated, Greater than .05 | < .05 |