Life-Threatening EKG Changes & Challenging Arrhythmias – Cyndi Zarbano

Location, Location, Location! Using a 5-Step Method for identifying ischemia and injury, Cyndi demonstrates how the EKG can be one of the quickest and easiest tools to use. Additionally, she will discuss management strategies for the most challenging arrhythmias

Objectives

1. Review potentially fatal arrhythmias found on the EKG.
2. Identify EKG clues to patients having aberrant pathways.
3. Employ a simple monitoring technique to help differentiate if the patient is having an atrial dysrhythmia or not.

Outline

• Rhythm Analysis
• Analysis of EKG
• Measurements in NSR
• Tachy Rhythms
• Fast Fatal Rhythms
• Atrial Dysrhythmias
• Aflutter and the 5 Step Analysis
• PSVT
• SA Node
• AV Node
• First Degree AV Block
  • Causes
  • Atropine
• Second Degree AV Block
  • Mobitz Type I
    • Causes
    • Treatment
  • Mobitz Type II
    • Causes
    • Treatment
  • Mobitz Type III
    • Causes
    • Treatment
• V-Fib 5 Steps