Indications
Indications for pacing.
What is heart rate under 60 bpm and hemodynamic instability?
Size of the single lumen central line in a standard CORDIS kit.
What is 8Fr?
Frequency of rechecks on a transcutaneous paced patient to verify capture is still present.
What is 30 minutes?
The starting settings for transcutaneous pacing
What is 80/80?
The two components of pacing capture
What is electrical and mechanical capture?
Common signs of hemodynamic instability in the setting of bradycardia.
What is hypotension or altered mental status?
Size of the single lumen central line included in a transvenous pacing kit.
What is 5Fr?
Methods to verify correct placement of transvenous pacer.
EKG, CXR, ECHO
Starting settings for transvenous pacer in a crashing patient.
What is emergency button?
What is a QRS complex and T wave for every pacer spike.
Indications for transvenous pacing.
What is failure of transcutaneous pacing or prolonged need for transcutaneous pacing?
What is clinching cap to sheath introducer port?
Transcutaneous pacing post-procedure medications.
What is IV sedation and IV analgesics?
Starting settings for transvenous patients in a semi-stable patient?
What is 80-5-3?
Define mechanical capture.
What is cardiac contraction following a pacer spike sufficient to produce a pulse.
Common clinical causes of bradycardia that may need pacing.
What is septal myocardial infarction, high degree AV block, overdose of cardiac medications?
Size of the balloon on the transvenous pacer wire.
What is 1.5 mL?
Steps to secure a transvenous pacing wire.
What is extend sterile wire cover, document pacer insertion depth, coil on chest and secure with dressing?
What is 10 milliamps over the output when any beat is dropped?
recommended treatment when electrical capture is achieved but mechanical capture is not.
The clinical condition that should not be paced.
What is hypothermia?
Port on the pacing generator that the generator cable connects to.
What is V or ventricular?
Method to secure transvenous pacing settings once capture is achieved.
What is lock the pacing generator?
Most common cause of failure of transcutaneous pacing failure?
What is poor pad placement?
Recommended steps to address electrical capture failure.
What is increase output, check pads, transition to transvenous pacing?