Patients come into the emergency department (ED) with symptoms, not diagnoses. That’s when time is of the essence. Clinicians must quickly triage patients and establish an appropriate care pathway to obtain the best possible outcome.

Most patients entering the ED are time-sensitive, requiring clear protocols for care.

However, even some of the deadliest conditions still lack the necessary data, tools, and standards to quickly diagnose and effectively treat patients.

Over the last two decades, there have been significant advances in diagnostic technology and protocolized care for emergent conditions such as stroke and STEMI.

Today, when a patient enters the ED and shows symptoms of STEMI, physicians readily have access to electrocardiogram (ECG), and troponin levels can be checked with a simple blood test.

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