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101 Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
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pulse, no BP .
Rhythm: Usually regular.
Ventricular rate: 100–250 bpm.
QRS: Wide & bizarre, >0.10 sec.
Atrial rate: Unable to determine; no P waves; no PR interval.
Three or more PVCs together with the same shape and amplitude.
synchronized cardioversion; pulseless VT is treated the same as VF. Consider AICD.
Management: Epinephrine or vasopressin, amiodarone, procainamide, lidocaine, sotalol, immediate
Unstable rhythm. Easily progresses to VF if VT sustained and untreated. Patient may or may not have a
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