EKG Assignment  Provide a short answer in the box below for each question. You are the ACNP in the ER. A 55-year-old Caucasian male with a past medical history of HTN, thyroid cancer, and diverticulitis presents with crushing chest pain. His chest pain developed 1hour ago after eating a large steak and potato dinner. He states the pain is 10 out of 10 and is not relieved by antacids. He also is diaphoretic and anxious. You review his 12 lead EKG, as per below. Where is the location of the patient’s infarction? What coronary artery is the likely cause? Answer: Posterior wall, true posterior wall myocardial infarction (Thygesen et al, 2012) A 67-year-old female is your established...
