EM Framework: Chest Pain (FREE)

This is my mental model for working up a chest pain chief complaint. It is by no means comprehensive: it's a summary and builds on knowledge that we have gained from medical school lectures, textbooks and other resources. This is the content of what I would go through with a medical student or first year resident on shift. I hope it helps you as it helped me!

Disclaimer: definitely not medical advice. This is intended for educational purposes and supplements other things you may have learned. There is rarely only one right way to do things in medicine - other doctors may have a different mental model and that's okay. We all develop our own ways of practicing with years and experience, and that can change as we learn new things.