KAISER EKG TEST STUDY GUIDE

KAISER EKG TEST STUDY GUIDE 1. What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia?: Atropine 0.5mg 2. Do you pace sinus bradycardia?: Yes, with external or transvenous pacemakers 3. What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia?: Digoxin and beta blockers 4. How do you treat sinus tachycardia?: treat the underlying cause 5. What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block?: Atropine 0.5mg or epineph- rine 6. What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)?: Atrial pacemaker 7. What drugs treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation?: beta blockers, diltiazem, verapamil, digoxin, amiodarone, coumadin, lovenox 8. What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial flutter?: Syn- chronized cardioversion at 50-100J 9. What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial fibrillation?: - Synchronized cardioversion at 120-200J 10. What is the treatment for stable SVT?: Vagal maneuvers and adenosine 11. what is the treatment for unstable SVT?: Synchronized cardioversion 12. What is the treatment for symptomatic junctional escape?: atropine 0.5mg 13. What is the treatment for symptomatic first degree block?: atropine 0.5mg