nurse.darcy
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Will keep them in my prayers as well. . .
Hopefully they will run cardiac enzymes, and EKG, and, if those are negative do a stress test. This is standard protocol for all persons that present in ERs with chest pain. Its the American Heart Association standards. That will reveal if there are any problems at all with the heart. If those tests all come back negative they will send him home and refer him to a cardiologist for further workup. If anything comes back positive, there are further tests they will run. ALL of this is routine, regardless of the types of chest pain. Just tell MA to ask the nurses if the heart enzymes were positive or negative. That will put her mind at ease. If negative then there is a very good chance that there is NOTHING wrong and this is just a warning to change up the lifestyle a bit. (sorry, I am a heart nurse and this is my area of expertise. . .hope you can use the information to ease your friend's mind a bit)
Hopefully they will run cardiac enzymes, and EKG, and, if those are negative do a stress test. This is standard protocol for all persons that present in ERs with chest pain. Its the American Heart Association standards. That will reveal if there are any problems at all with the heart. If those tests all come back negative they will send him home and refer him to a cardiologist for further workup. If anything comes back positive, there are further tests they will run. ALL of this is routine, regardless of the types of chest pain. Just tell MA to ask the nurses if the heart enzymes were positive or negative. That will put her mind at ease. If negative then there is a very good chance that there is NOTHING wrong and this is just a warning to change up the lifestyle a bit. (sorry, I am a heart nurse and this is my area of expertise. . .hope you can use the information to ease your friend's mind a bit)