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I’m going to tell a story from the ER. It’s probably my only meaningful interaction with a journalist. I was taking care of an 60’ish female, I honestly don’t remember the chief complaint, but it was probably chest pain. =>
Then I met the daughter. A journalist. She had questions. Evaluating chest pain is rarely simple, and when it is, the patient is usually dying. This patient was not dying. With a wrinkle here or there patients over the age of 25 who have chest pain will get =>
An EKG and Chest Xray rather quickly. Oxygen is standard. 2 liters. Lab draw. Aspirin by mouth. Vital sign abnormalities are addressed, and after the EKG is some variant of “non specific changes” and the patient’s pain is relieved =>
