Ventricular Tachycardia
With a Pulse
Test for Credit
1. For a patient to qualify for this protocol, they must be in Ventricular Tachycardia and
2. The typical rate for V-Tach is generally ________ beats per minute. Slower than this is considered accelerated idioventricular.
3.Identify this strip:
It's another distinctive variant of V-Tach, it's:
4. Which of the following symptoms indicates a need for immediate cardioversion with a patient in V-Tach?
5. Prior to cardioversion, it is humane to __________ the patient.
6. The choice medication and adult dose for question 5 is:
7. The initial setting for adult cardioversion is:
8. A stable V-Tach patient receives Lidocaine to treat their rhythm. 1.5 mg/kg IV is the initial dose, then 0.75 mg/kg IV doses are given 5 minutes apart until a maximum of __________ has been given.
9. Lidocaine has been given to a stable V-Tach patient without conversion, the next drug you would give is:
10. To give Amiodarone, you would give ________ IVP, if no change you would then give ________ IVP and the infusion to follow would be ________.