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Therapeutics: Pacing Through Skin and Vein

Taming the SRU

In these patients, with a heart rate less than 50 beats per minute, initiate advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) bradycardia algorithm. Conduction Abnormalities AV blocks, which can also be seen in patients with MI, may require pacing as well, due to ischemia affecting the electrical pathways of the heart.