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What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg Do you pace sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Yes, with external or transvenous pacemakers What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia? - Answer-Digoxin and beta blockers How do you treat sinus tachycardia? - Answer-treat the underlying cause What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg or epinephrine What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)? - Answer-Atrial pacemaker What drugs treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation? - Answer-beta blockers, diltiazem, verapamil, digoxin, amiodarone, coumadin, lovenox What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial flutter? - Answer-Synchronized cardioversion at 50-100J What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial fibrillation? - Answer-Synchronized cardioversion at 120-200J What is the treatment for stable SVT? - Answer-Vagal maneuvers and adenosine what is the treatment for unstable SVT? - Answer-Synchronized cardioversion What is the treatment for symptomatic junctional escape? - Answer-atropine 0.5mg What is the treatment for symptomatic first degree block? - Answer-atropine 0.5mgwhat is the drugs and treatment for symptomatic second degree block type 1? - Answer-atropine 0.5mg, epinephrine or a temporary pacemaker? What is the drugs and treatment for symptomatic second degree block type 2? - Answer-Atropine 0.5mg, epinephrine or dopamine transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker. What is the drugs and treatment for third degree block? - Answer-Atropine, epinephrine, or dopamine transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker. Treatment for PVCs - Answer-Correct hypoxemia, low K+, low Mg++ Drugs used to treat PVCs - Answer-Amiodarone, Lidocaine,Pronestyl