Author: Jason Kendall / Editor: Taj Hassan / Reviewer: Micahel Perry, Srikanth Padmanabhan / Codes: A1 / Published: 05/01/2023
A 56-year-old man presents to the Emergency Department (ED) with chest pain. It was fairly abrupt in onset whilst he was digging in the garden and was associated with a brief episode of collapse.
On examination he is pale and sweaty and is in considerable pain. Pulse is 110, BP 190/100, SaO2 92% on air, and RR 20.