Educational Objectives:
The registered nurse can define/discuss
- Pathophysiology
- Recognition and emergency treatment of life-threatening disorders of cardiac rhythm
- Anti-arrhythmic drugs: classification, indications, side effects and complications
- Arrhythmogenic drugs
Investigations:
• ECG: Arrhythmias: Atrial tachycardia, WPW, SVT, JET, Block. • ECG changes with ischaemia, and pulmonary embolus.