Open AccessUse of a 90-Minute Protocol to Evaluate Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain
Author(s) -
Azalea Marie Bunch,
Cathrin Carithers,
A. Renee Leasure
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
dimensions of critical care nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.469
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1538-8646
pISSN - 0730-4625
DOI - 10.1097/dcc.0000000000000051
Subject(s) - emergency department , medicine , protocol (science) , chest pain , medical emergency , patient satisfaction , emergency medicine , emergency physician , baseline (sea) , pain management , point of care , physical therapy , nursing , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , oceanography , geology
Frustration with emergency department wait times may contribute to patient delays in seeking care for subsequent episodes of chest pain and lower patient satisfaction ratings. In response to patient feedback and the dissemination of new knowledge, the existing emergency chest pain protocol was updated to include point-of-care laboratory testing and evaluation at baseline and 90 minutes. A case study was utilized to illustrate implementation of this protocol in the management of a patient presenting to the emergency department with chest pain.