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| Prior to cardioversion you should check these lab values if time allows... | Potassium, magnesium, and digoxin levels |
| Prior to cardioversion, what should be done with transdermal medication and patches as well as dentures... | Remove them |
| This is a difference between cardioversion and defibrillation... | The sync is ON in cardioversion and OFF in defibrillation |
| Joule setting in cardioversion for narrow and regular QRS complexes | 50-100 Joules |
| Joule setting in cardioversion for narrow but irregular QRS complexes | 120-200 Joules (biphasic) or 200 Joules (monophasic) |
| Joules setting in cardioversion for wide regular QRS complexes... | 100 Joules |
| Joules in cardioversion for pediatric patients... | 0.5-1 Joule/kg; increased to 2 Joules/kg |
| Never cardiovert over these... | Pacemaker or ICD (keep paddles 10 cm away) |
| For internal cardiac defibrillators that give continuous unneeded firing, do this... | apply a bagnet |
| For internal cardiac defibrillators that fire during cardiac arrest do this... | Allow it to fire unless it does not convert the rhythm, in which case you should apply a magnet |
| Wait this long after final firing of an ICD to manually defibrillate... | thirty seconds |
| This is the best non-invasive way to decrease a narrow complex tachycardia... | vagal maneuvers |
| This drug, used for narrow complex tachycardia, is given rapid IV push followed by 20cc saline bolus - it may cause transient heart block or asystole... | Adenosine |
| This drug class, used for narrow complex tachycardia, is a vasodilator, negative inotrope, negative chronotrope, and negative dromotrope - they typically end in -depine... | Calcium channel blockers |
| This drug classification, usually ending in -lol and used for narrow complex tachycardia, has a group that is cardioselective and is ideal for patients with pre-existing pulmonary conditions | Beta-blockers |
| Propranolol, Nadolol, Timolol, and Carteolol are examples of this type of beta-blocker... | Cardioselective |
| Atenolol, Metoprolol, and Esmolol are examples of this type of beta-blocker... | Non-cardioselective |
| Do this for wide complex tachycardia in which the patient is unstable... | cardioversion |
| For stable wide complex tachycardia, this drug can be used but monitor for hypotension and widening of the QRS complex more than 50%... | Procainamide IV |
| This drug, used for stable, wide complex tachycardia, may cause nausea, bradycardia, and hypotension... | Amiodarone IV |
