Management of ACS for the BLS Provider

Age + Story + Risk Factors
  • Patients above age 40 are at greater risk for cardiac events; 
  • Younger patients are not ruled-out; 
  • Process of using OPQRST-I mnemonic to determine “cardiac” chest pain and weigh in other risk factors. [26]
    • OPQRST-I is later described in detail.