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EKG Puzzler
By Donald F. Yap, MBA, BS, BA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
By Donald F. Yap, MBA, BS, BA, BSN, RN, NPD-BC
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Q: When a patient has slow, wide QRS complex 3rd degree Heart block, Atropine may be administered to try and increase the ventricular rate but may not be effective. Why? What other drugs/interventions could be considered?
Q: When a patient has slow, wide QRS complex 3rd degree Heart block, Atropine may be administered to try and increase the ventricular rate but may not be effective. Why? What other drugs/interventions could be considered?
Thank you to everyone that submitted answers for the last issue’s EKG puzzler! The answer to the strip from the last issue was a 2:1 AV block with ST elevations
Email your answer to this issue’s puzzler to CNREPHelp@houstonmethodist.org and check the next issue to see if you got the answer right!
Good luck! We look forward to hearing your answers!
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