Question

A 50-year-old man living in a remote community presents to the local nurse-led clinic with chest pain and shortness of breath. The nearest hospital is 250 km away. What is the most appropriate immediate strategy to optimise his care?

Accepted Answer

Use telehealth to consult an emergency physician or GP and activate retrieval services while initiating guideline-based first aid and monitoring

Answer

Arrange self-drive to the hospital the next day

Answer

Provide simple analgesia only and review in a week

Answer

Advise him to wait until a visiting doctor comes next month

Answer

Give a prescription for proton pump inhibitors and send him home

Practice question

A 50-year-old man living in a remote community presents to the local nurse-led clinic with chest pain and shortness of breath. The nearest hospital is 250 km away. What is the most appropriate immediate strategy to optimise his care?