All the patients who present to the emergency services dept with a suspecetd AMI are expected to receive an ECG within 10 mins of their arrival. Of the 56 patients who had a suspected AMI during the last quarter, 32 had an ECG within the specified time frame, what was the rate of compliance?

100(32/56) = _______%

57.14%

To calculate the rate of compliance, you need to divide the number of patients who received an ECG within the specified time frame by the total number of patients with a suspected AMI.

In this case:
Number of patients who received an ECG within 10 mins = 32
Total number of patients with a suspected AMI = 56

To calculate the rate of compliance:
Rate of compliance = (Number of patients who received an ECG within 10 mins / Total number of patients with a suspected AMI) * 100

Substituting the given values:
Rate of compliance = (32 / 56) * 100

Calculating further:
Rate of compliance = 0.5714 * 100

Therefore, the rate of compliance is approximately 57.14%.