Wk3 knowledge checks - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

QUESTION 1 1. CC: "I have been having terrible chest and arm pain for the past 2 hours and I think I am having a heart attack." HPI: Mr. Hammond is a 57-year-old African American male who presents to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of chest pain that radiates down his left arm. He states that he started having pain several hours ago and says the pain "it feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest". He rates the pain as 8/10. Nothing has made the pain better or worse....

QUESTION 1 1. CC: "I have been having terrible chest and arm pain for the past 2 hours and I think I am having a heart attack." HPI: Mr. Hammond is a 57-year-old African American male who presents to the Emergency Department with a chief complaint of chest pain that radiates down his left arm. He states that he started having pain several hours ago and says the pain "it feels like an elephant is sitting on my chest". He rates the pain as 8/10. Nothing has made the pain better or worse....

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