C – Chest X-ray

You think to yourself: “If only I had X-ray vision like Superman, I’d be able to see what’s going on inside Mrs. J’s thorax. I’d be the best doctor”

Before you lose yourself in a daydream, you realise you have the next best thing – an X-ray machine!

 

The X-ray comes back as the following:

The nurse also hands you an ECG that was done on admission:

 

What do you do next?

1) Troponin and wait for the result

2) Troponin and administer aspirin and clopidogrel

3) CT Chest