Chest Pain

Decision tree

Adult, undifferentiated chest pain in acute care.

Step 1

Is the patient haemodynamically unstable or in arrest?

Red flags

  • Syncope with chest pain
  • Tearing radiation to back (dissection)
  • Asymmetric pulses / BP
  • Hypotension

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