NREMT Paramedic

Answer: C - A patient experiencing prolonged angina should be highly suspicious for myocardial infarction. Angina that resolves with rest is stable angina, when angina will not subsided for several minutes it has become unstable and should be treated as an ischemic attack. When presented with patients showing signs and symptoms of myocardial infarction it is important to begin treatment right away, as the myocardium will not regenerate once dead.