CHEST PAIN PROTOCOLS PART II

Chest pain pathway PROTOCOLS Ok here we are the main show, the reason for reading, the Trump of testing…well you get the idea. The whole goal of a protocol is to identify a low risk group of patients and then do something to make them even lower risk (<1%) to send them home without admitting […]

CHEST PAIN PROTOCOLS PART I

INTRODUCTION Why have protocols? Well, so we don’t miss anything. Right?! But how many Myocardial infarctions (Heart attacks or “MI’s”) ARE we missing from the ED. Well any medical student knows that answer… anyone, anyone, Bueller?! Umm yes 2% (see note C), correct! That being said if we “do miss 2%” what should be an […]