Complex Tachycardias
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Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Review ... - - RN.org®
www.rn.orghypotension, heart blocks. Contraindications: Wide complex tachycardias of unknown origin, heart blocks, severe, left ventricular dysfunction. Learning Break: Current (2010) ACLS guidelines do not recommend the use of calcium channel blockers in STEMI Anticoagulants Heparin and low molecular weight heparins (LMWH) decrease the activity of
Pocket Reference for ICU Staff - DocMD.com
www.docmd.comatrial/ventricular tachycardias Dose: 6 mg IVP peripherally (3mg IVP centrally) over 1-2 seconds;if unsuccessful may repeat after 1-2 minutes with 12 mg IVP peripherally (6mg IVP centrally) to a maximum of 30mg; each dose should be followed immediately by a 20ml saline flush Mechanism: complex conduction slowing in AV node
Short PR Interval - AAIM
www.aaimedicine.orgreentrant tachycardias.6,7 Although not illustrated in our applicant’s ECG, the abnormal sequence of ventricular activation often gives rise to an abnormal se-quence of repolarization, resulting in ST-T wave abnormalities. The direction of the ST-T wave abnormalities is usually oriented op-posite to the vectors of the delta wave and QRS complex.