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Tachycardia - ANSWER✔✔101 + beats/ min;
CAUSE: fever, infection, drug use anxiety, electrolyte in balance, hyper
thyroidism, hemorrhage, anemia, low blood volume
MANIFESTATIONS: dizziness, DYSPNEA, hypertension, angina, MI
TREATMENT: Bblockers adenosine calciumC blockers if stable, if not, cardio
version
Bradycardia - ANSWER✔✔less than 60beats/min , check 1st if they are
symptomatic
CAUSE: tissue damage, inflammation, hypothyroidism, sleep apnea, train athletes,
ICP, MI
MANIFESTATIONS: pale cool skin, hypotension, weakness, confusion, SOB,
dizziness syncope
TREATMENT: IV atropine (anticholingeric), if ineffective transcutaneous pacing
or a dopamine or episode infusion. May need pacemaker
Premature Contraction - ANSWER✔✔Referred to as a skipped beat, beats come
early, not a big deal check if symptomatic.
Distorted "P wave"
Clinical Assoc: emotions are physical fatigue, hypoxia, electrolyte imbalance,
hypothyroidism, COPD, heart disease, CAD, and vascular disease
Clinical Significance: palpitations or skip tart treatment as beta blockers are
withdrawal of drugs
3rd heart block - ANSWER✔✔is a complete block will need a pacemaker to treat
, A flutter - ANSWER✔✔Like a sawtooth pattern; treatment includes
anticoagulation to help with clot prevention, avoid stroke, antidysrhythmic or
calcium channel blockers, amiodarone and cardizem drips.
Amiodarone helps with the sinus rhythm cardizem slows heart; if medication does
not work I synchronize cardioversion to shock then ablation or a maze procedure
may be done.
A fib - ANSWER✔✔Like a squiggles pattern; treatment includes anticoagulation
to help with clot prevention, avoid stroke, antidysrhythmic or calcium channel
blockers, amiodarone and cardizem drips.
Amiodarone helps with the sinus rhythm cardizem slows heart; if medication does
not work I synchronize cardioversion to shock then ablation or a maze procedure
may be done.
SVT - ANSWER✔✔Clinical associations: in a normal heart, overexertion
emotional distress, deep inspiration and stimulants, caffeine and tobacco, heartbeat
is 151 to 220 beats;
Manifestations are hypotension palpitation, dyspnea, angina
treatment: vagal stimulation & or IV adenosine (half life of 10secs) need physician
in room to admin b/c it stop heart and restarts.
V-tach - ANSWER✔✔Patient can be conscious or not, pulse or no pulse;
Ventricular rate is 150 to 250 bpm P-wave is not visible
Clinical Assoc: MI, CAD, electrolyte in balance, cardiomyopathy, long QT
syndrome, drug toxicity and CNS disorders; treatment includes a synchronized
cardioversion with pulse for VT; amiodorone for pulse; If no pulse DFIB!
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