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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.

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POCUS findings of hemodynamically unstable PE with cardiac arrest

EMDocs

EMS verbalized concern to EPs that an “intracranial bleed” may have precipitated the event. Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) had been initiated and on arrival at the ED, the patient was found to have Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA).