misc

Question 1

typical rate in flutter?

Answer 1

300bpm

Question 2

what produces saw tooth baseline?

Answer 2

continual atrial depolarization

Question 3

long term treatment of atrial flutter?

Answer 3

rate control with beta blocker

Question 4

what would ventricular tachycardia look like on ECG?

Answer 4

broad complex regular QRS

Question 5

what is cardiac arrest ?

Answer 5

pulseless VT

Question 6

when are ventricular ectopics most common?

Answer 6

post MI

Question 7

how does ventricular fibrillation present?

Answer 7

LOC
absent pulse
cardiac arrest

Question 8

what would ECG look like in ventricular fibrillation

Answer 8

irregular random baseline

no clear discernible waveforms

Question 9

what is torsades de points

Answer 9

ventricular tachycardia with constantly varying axis

Question 10

what does TDP look like

Answer 10

looks like VF but has a varying axis

Question 11

bradyarrythmia treatment

Answer 11

IV atropine 500mcg IV

Question 12

if no response seen after atropine -

Answer 12

get senior help, consider using isoprenaline, adrenaline or transcutaneous pacing

Question 13

cushings reflex - what does this do to heart rate?

Answer 13

bradycardia

Question 14

thyroid cause of bradycardia ?

Answer 14

hypothyroid

Question 15

which drugs can cause bradycardia?

Answer 15

BB. CCB, digoxin, amiodarone

Question 16

bradycardia rate less than ?

Answer 16

60

Question 17

drugs that can cause heart blovk

Answer 17

b blockers, digoxin, amiodarone

Question 18

in first degree heart block, PR interval is over?

Answer 18

0.2 secs

Question 19

When there is progressive lengthening of the PR interval, which will result in a dropped beat

Answer 19

mobitz 1

Question 20

management of type 2

Answer 20

ventricular pacemaker

Question 21

management of type 3 heart block?

Answer 21

ventricular pacing

Question 22

potentially life threatening complication of QT?

Answer 22

torsades de pointes