Assessment
Patient Assessment & Clinical Decision Making
ACS Chest Pain — Primary Survey · L1
How this exercise works
Branching scenario: each decision changes the patient's course. Choose assessments and interventions in logical order — primary survey first, then targeted secondary exam and treatment.
Fundamental concept
Integrating primary and secondary surveys with evolving scenarios to choose assessments and interventions in logical sequence.
Read: Paramedic Assessment & Clinical Decision Making →Scenario
A 58-year-old male reports substernal pressure radiating to the left arm for 30 minutes. He is pale, diaphoretic, and anxious. SpO₂ 94% on room air, BP 148/92, HR 96.
Work through each decision — the patient responds to your choices.