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38-year-old male with left arm pain, shortness of breath, and dizziness. BP 105/60. We are five minutes from your tertiary centre.

38-year-old male with left arm pain, shortness of breath, and dizziness. BP 105/60. We are five minutes from your tertiary centre.

81-year-old female with three hours of central, crushing chest pain. Background of hypertension, heavy smoker.

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84 year-old woman from home with central chest pain following a fall. Background of hypertension and dyslipidaemia. ETA 20 minutes to your tertiary centre.

62 year-old woman with two hours of central crushing chest pain. Smoker, hypertension. ETA 30 minutes.

45 year-old man with two hours of central chest pain. Smoker, significant family history of IHD. ETA 20 minutes.

86 year-old woman with two hours of dull chest pain and dizziness. Ex-smoker with hypertension and dyslipidaemia. ETA 20 minutes.

58 year-old man with one week of pleuritic chest pain and SOB. Background of previous pericarditis. ETA 30 minutes.

Further reading

46-year-old male with one hour of central crushing chest pain. Background of hypertension, morbidly obese and a heavy smoker.

The monitor alarms "extreme ventricular tachycardia". There are three features on this rhythm strip that suggest artefact -- can you spot them?

A woman in her 60s with a broad complex tachycardia. There are two ECG features that suggest an accessory pathway, can you spot them?