Clinical characteristics of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander emergency department patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome.

Objectives: To describe the demographics, presentation characteristics, clinical features and cardiac outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who present to a regional cardiac referral centre ED with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

Methods: This was a single-centre observational study conducted at a regional referral hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia from November 2017 to September 2018 and January 2019 to December 2019. Study participants were 278 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people presenting to an ED and investigated for suspected ACS.

Emergency Department Assessment of Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome Using the IMPACT Pathway in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

Objectives: The Improved Assessment of Chest pain Trial (IMPACT) pathway is an accelerated strategy for the assessment of emergency patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The objective of this study was to report outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients deemed low-, intermediate-, or high-risk according to this pathway.

Design: This was a prospective observational trial conducted between November 2017 and December 2019.