Cardiac Rhythms And Dysrhythmias Part 4 Questions And Answers 100% Verified A+ Guaranteed

Aystole Causes {Ans: result of advanced cardiac disease, severe conduction disturbance, or end-stage HF}Pacemaker therapy {Ans: Pulse generator used to provide an electrical stimulation to the heart when the heart fails to generate or conduct its own stimulus at a rate that maintains CO}ST elevation Associated with MI {Ans: infarction}Asystole {Ans: represents total absence of ventricular electrical activity; no ventricular contraction; patient unresponsive, pulseless, apneic}Pulseless Electrical Activity Treatment {Ans: CPR followed by intubation and IV epinephrine; treatment is directed toward correction of the underlying cause}Couplets of Premature Ventricular Contractions {Ans: Two consecutive PVCs}Defibrillation is the treatment of choice for {Ans: VF and pulseless VT}Bigeminy {Ans: every other beat is a PVC (normal, PVC, normal)}Trigeminy {Ans: every third beat is a PVC (normal, normal, PVC)}Cardioversion is the treatment of choice for {Ans: ventricular ( VT with a pulse) or supraventricular tachydysrhythmias}ST depression Associated with MI {Ans: ischemia}Pulseless Electrical Activity {Ans: ulseless electrical activity Electrical activity can be observed on the ECG, but no mechanical activity of the heart is evident, and the patient has no pulse}Cardioversion {Ans: Procedure similar to defibrillation except sync button turned ON; if patient