Episode 214
CRACKCast E214 – Chest Pain
CanadiEM Podcasts: CRACKCast, ClerkCast, CarmsCast, First Year Diaries · Dillan Radomske and Owen Scheirer
June 1, 202046m 8s
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Show Notes
Core Questions
- Describe an approach to key history and physical exam for chest pain patients presenting to the ED. (Table 23.2 and 23.3)
- List 5 critical diagnoses, 5 emergent, and 5 nonemergent diagnoses to consider in the patient presenting with chest pain. (Table 23.1)
- Describe an approach to the critically ill patient with undifferentiated chest pain. (Figure 23.1)
- Describe an approach to ancillary testing in chest pain. (Table 23.4 and 23.5)
- List the risk factors associated with each critical chest pain diagnosis (Box 23.1)
- Explain the approach to risk stratification of ED chest pain patients.
Wisecracks
- What are the X-ray findings of aortic dissection?
- What are your HR and BP targets in Aortic dissection?
- List the components of the HEART score.