Background
- Cardiac arrhythmias are relatively common presentations to ED.
- There are many causes, some more sinister than others.
- If your patient is not acutely unwell then expert advice may be required.
Tag: arrhy
Bradycardia
Causes
- Cardiac: Heart Block, Myocardial infarction, Myocarditis
- Metabolic: Hypothermia, Hyperkalaemia, Hypokalaemia, Hypothyroid, Hypoxia
- Toxin: digoxin, B-blocker
Treatment
For ALL conditions leading to bradycardia treating the underlying condition is the most appropriate treatment and for some the only thing that will work (i.e. severe hypothermia) Read more
Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter (AF)
Before you start
- Whats the cause? – treating the precipitant often sorts the AF (adding B-Blockers to Sepsis can make things worse)
- Stable or Unstable? – Electricity vs. Drugs
- CHADS-VASC vs. ORBIT– Anticoagulation (previously HAS-BLED)
- Rhythm vs. Rate control??
- NEW Symptomatic Arrhythmia Clinic [6-8weeks] – referral form attached tho the PDF
