Page 73 - AACN Essentials of Critical-Care Nursing Pocket Handbook, Second Edition
P. 73
60
If hemodynamically stable, of pacemaker.
Treatment elective correction/replacement If hemodynamically unstable, treatment as for third-degree AV
• • block.
Cardiac Rhythms, ECG Characteristics, and Treatment Guide (continued)
ECG Characteristics ECG characteristics depend on nature of intrinsic rhythm. Pacemaker spike has no fixed relationship to QRS complexes.
Conduction: Abnormal.
• • •
Rhythm Ventricular paced rhythm without
capture
3.12
