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Showing Original Post only (View all)NEW-- Update on the update on the notion that Trump had to go to hospital for cardiac emergency [View all]
Last edited Mon Nov 18, 2019, 06:31 PM - Edit history (1)
[[NEW: MSNBC guest, Republican insider, says she was told by some in WH that Trump was simply STIR CRAZY Sunday because it was too cold to golf, and went for a field trip to Walter Reed.]]
1. The WH has a level one trauma hospital within.
2. The FIRST test administered for heart damage is the Troponin I blood draw. The test takes ten minutes to run, and can be done on a hand-held i-STAT device at the POC. (Point of Contact). This is the gold standard for determining whether the patient is experiencing an MI.
3. If the result shows 0.04 or less, no further blood test is required to determine cardiac emergency because there is no damage. If it shows more than 0.04, three more blood draws are indicated, consecutively, to determine damage if any. That would take several hours.
Too, an ECG will be determinative and show changes that would indicate trouble. That would be done within moments of an event. The WH has capability of transmitting any data to Walter Reed specialists in real time.
Today the president was at the White House and participated in a scheduled briefing that was held in the residence.
And so we are left with mystery and lies.
But we can be sure that he had no heart damage.
The hand-held device: https://www.woodleyequipment.com/product/76/i-STAT-Portable-Clinical-Analyser
The Troponin test as administered by hand-held device: ]https://www.childrensmn.org/references/lab/chemistry/troponin-i-(point-of-care).pdf
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NEW-- Update on the update on the notion that Trump had to go to hospital for cardiac emergency [View all]
Grasswire2
Nov 2019
OP
But then all the investigations will end. I want investigations until he dies. nt
albacore
Nov 2019
#11
But will NY or any other entities keep on with the prosecutions of a person already out of office?
albacore
Nov 2019
#46
That isn't how prosecutors generally operate. They are not investigating him for state-level
tblue37
Nov 2019
#49
DT wouldn't let the WH say panic attack because DT would think that would show weakness.
napi21
Nov 2019
#20
I mentioned in an earlier post that I thought he could be taken care of in the WH
smirkymonkey
Nov 2019
#5
Dick Cheney's ex-doctor said on CNN if Trump needed things like CT scans or a stress test ,
octoberlib
Nov 2019
#44
Exactly! For all we know he is hospitalized or confined to bed. He lies & so do people around him.
AnotherMother4Peace
Nov 2019
#14
Mentally estimate the number of threads you've seen on this topic from yesterday and today.
crickets
Nov 2019
#18
I've not assumed anything, just clarifying how a possible cardiac event is evaluated
elias7
Nov 2019
#48
Troponin-I on fingerstick using a I-stat handheld device is a reliable screen; however borderline
hlthe2b
Nov 2019
#28
He is a cardiovascular/cerebrovascular trainwreck waiting to happen. On that I think we can agree
hlthe2b
Nov 2019
#39
I recently had a Takotsubo attack and they checked on the spot for heart attack
lettucebe
Nov 2019
#45
He wanted to change the story from impeachment and generate some concern for him.
Shrike47
Nov 2019
#53