Not good... so what you see from left to right is a PVC (PreVentricular Contraction then a beat although it is distorted (b/c of the way the electrical activity in his heart was traveling) ... then there's a PVC and BAM he goes in to VT (or V-Tach or Ventricular Tachycardia) with a rate in the 230's... which is life threatening... but my patient stayed awake and alert during this episode... which was fortunate... but we were able to shock him out to a stable fucked up rhythm instead... which was more like a beat then a PVC, a beat, then a PVC, a beat, then a PVC... still not good but I'll take it!
Friday, February 26, 2010
This is what V-Tach looks like my friends...
Not good... so what you see from left to right is a PVC (PreVentricular Contraction then a beat although it is distorted (b/c of the way the electrical activity in his heart was traveling) ... then there's a PVC and BAM he goes in to VT (or V-Tach or Ventricular Tachycardia) with a rate in the 230's... which is life threatening... but my patient stayed awake and alert during this episode... which was fortunate... but we were able to shock him out to a stable fucked up rhythm instead... which was more like a beat then a PVC, a beat, then a PVC, a beat, then a PVC... still not good but I'll take it!
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