Archive for ‘Visual Mnemonics’

October 7, 2009

Arrhythmia treatment options

This is a guest post from vanumu . You can also find and follow him on twitter @vanstar7. I am a huge fan of his work.

Essential concept lies with recognizing if the patient is stable or unstable.
UNSTABLE = “Chest pain, Shortness of Breath, Hypotension, Confusion means you’re not getting enough perfusion” (Dr.Fisher) = SHOCK!

For stable patients, you can consider medical management.

Here is the mnemonic I use to remember the drugs for each type of arrhythmia. Click on the image for a larger view.

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