Panic attack vs heart attack…that was yesterdays mental health simulation. Students did well. Only the EKG knows for sure but there are cues in your history and physical. Can you describe the pain in your chest? Sharp and fleeting or heavy and crushing? Breathing, how fast are you breathing? Are your lips tingling or do you feel your lungs wont expand? Are you clutching your chest or your head?
Maybe, but I would need to know more about the pain. When did the pain start? (I have deadlines to calculate over here) Does anything make the pain better? Or worse? Does the pain radiate anywhere? Then you check their blood pressure, give the nitro and reassess. Get the EKG and call the cath lab.
OR you get a ride in the Van…the Ativan…
(you) can trust me…
I have a duty to humanity. I don't care if you are Joe Biden or DJT, you get the same level of care…