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Chest Pain – Secondary History Video
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Video at a Glance
- This video is part of a series of videos on chest pain and discusses the secondary assessment and patient history.
- There are three goals of the secondary assessment, including making sure a diagnosis wasn’t missed, diagnosing any non-life-threatening conditions, and determining the level of care the patient will need.
- The secondary assessment is more thorough than the primary assessment because the provider has more time.
- Providers should refer to the OLD CART pneumonic.
- Providers should take a past medical history and recent events that may have led to the chest pain.
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