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It is 4pm on a Friday. You have a sick patient to review, three discharge summaries that must go out today, a medical student waiting for scheduled teaching, and you have just been asked to consent a patient for a Monday procedure. What do you do?

A 35-year-old man presents to the ED with severe central chest pain and a systolic blood pressure of 78 mmHg. He is diaphoretic and looks unwell. His ECG shows ST elevation in leads II, III, and aVF. Talk me through your management.

A 70-year-old woman is brought to the ED by ambulance. She has a temperature of 39.8° C, heart rate 132, blood pressure 80/45, respiratory rate 28, and a GCS of 13. The paramedics report she has been increasingly confused over the past 24 hours. How do you assess and manage this patient?

The ED is extremely busy. There are patients in corridors, ambulances are queuing outside, and the waiting room is full. As the senior doctor on the shop floor, what would you do?