Evaluation of chest pain in the Emergency Department

In today’s video tutorial, we will cover the following:

1. Important time-critical differentials we need to be aware of in patients presenting with chest pain to the ED.
2.  Use of a assessment protocol in acute coronary syndrome.
3. Application of the Well’s score and the PERC score in the Emergency Department

Important links are as follows:

1. Safer Care Victoria clinical guidance on chest pain assessment in the ED

https://www.bettersafercare.vic.gov.au/clinical-guidance/emergency/chest-pain

2. MD Calc link, where important clinical scores (e.g., TIMI, Wells and PERC) can be found

https://www.mdcalc.com/