Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease
The term peripheral arterial disease (PAD) refers to noncoronary, occlusive atherosclerotic vascular disease. However, by convention most epidemiologic studies use the term PAD to refer to arterial disease of the…
2: Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1 You are walking past the nurse’s station on a medical unit because there is a bathroom down the hall you want to use. All at once, a nurse…
Block: First Degree, Second Degree (Mobitz I and II), and Third Degree (Complete)
Mobitz type I second degree AV block (Wenchebach) Mobitz type II second degree AV block Complete (third degree) heart block DESCRIPTION We’re going to focus on when a P wave…
Tachycardia
Sustained VT (call a code and worry about kaopectate later!) DESCRIPTION Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a wide complex tachycardia, with the rate over 100. The beats are not preceded by…
QT/Torsades de Pointes
Uh-oh! Forgot to measure the QT interval! DESCRIPTION The QT interval is the distance from the start of the QRS to the end of the T wave, and is best…
