Your patient just arrived on the unit and you are now placing them on the remote-telemetry pack. The telemetry monitor at the nursing station is ringing loudly, and you hear your name being called about your patient’s rhythm.
Marcia Gamaly – Essential Rhythm Interpretation Skills for Nurses
Placement and management of telemetry leads
Placement is important for 3-, 4- and 5-year-olds.-Lead systems
VIDEO: Lead placement
Current recommendations for Management of leads
Alarm management
Patient safety is a concern
Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal
VIDEO – Tips to Minimize Alarming
Rhythm Interpretation
Cardiac anatomy
Cardiac conduction systems
Measurement tips
8 steps to interpretation
Sinus rhythms
Sinus rhythm
Sinus bradycardia
Sinus tachycardia
Sinus arrhythmia
Sinus blockage or sinus arrest
VIDEO: Pacer pad placement
Atrial rhythms
Premature atrial Contractions (PACs).
Atrial tachycardia
Atrial flutter
Atrial fibrillation
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker (WAP)
VIDEO – Cardioversion
Junctional rhythms
Junctional rhythm
Accelerated Junctional
Junctional Tachycardia
Junctional escape beat
Premature Junctional Contractions
Ventricular rhythms
Ventricular rhythm
Accelerated ventricular
Ventricular tachycardia
Premature Ventricular Conditions (PVCs).
Torsades de Pointes
Ventricular fibrillation
Asystole
VIDEO: Code 99 management
VIDEO: Defibrillation
Heart blocks
1st degree
Type I, 2nd degree
Type II – 2nd Degree
3rd degree
VIDEO: Transcutaneous pacemaker management
Pacemakers
A-Pace
V-Pace
AV-Pace
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Description:
8 steps are required to interpret a rhythm accurately
Learn from a Nurse how to interpret rhythms
Educator is NOT an online module
Keep up-to-date with the latest treatments and interventions for common & uncommon rhythms
So. . . You have taken a rhythm class, but still struggle with interpretation?
You are in control of your practice. Don’t rely on a monitor technician to read your rhythms
Your patient has just arrived on the unit. You are placing them onto the remote telemetry package. The telemetry monitor at the nursing station is ringing loudly, and you hear your name being called about your patient’s rhythm. Panic sets in…. Are you able to accurately interpret the rhythm?!
Learn from a nurse practitioner Marcia Gamaly, PhD(c), MSN. MHA, RN-This unique learning opportunity is open to BC, CEN, and PCCN. You will be able to analyze actual patient rhythm strips and return to work with new insights that will significantly impact patient care outcomes.
Don’t fear calls from the physician asking what the patient’s rhythm is! Improve your skills so
You can accurately answer physician queries.
Develop confidence in your rhythm interpretation for Each complicated patient you care for.
Anticipate the need for medication and interventions for There are many rhythms.
Quick diagnosis and management of arrhythmias can improve patient outcomes.
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