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October 2014
Point-of-care cardiac markers in the Emergency Department are safe, reduce admissions and do not impact on the 4-hour target
Barnsley Emergency Department (ED), which recruited patients into the RATPAC trial, initiated a point-of-care (POC) pathway for low-risk chest pain patients from December 2011.
All patients who underwent POC testing for chest pain between December 2011 and July 2012 were identified. Patient notes were then examined...
Cardiac markers
Point-of-care testing
Process optimization
Troponins