Hamish develops further chest pain on return to the ward, he is attached to a cardiac monitor and baseline observations are obtained. Hamish is given opiate analgesia (e.g. morphine) for his chest pain after Glyceryl Trinitrate (GTN) spray is not effective.
He is re-assessed by medical staff who note that his Eletrocardiogram (ECG) showed further abnormal changes on the 12-lead ECG. A repeat Troponin is checked and found to be elevated.
Hamish is transferred to Coronary Care Unit (CCU) for further monitoring.
Page last reviewed: 08 Jun 2020
