AACN ECG TEST STUDY GUIDE
1. What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia?: Atropine 0.5mg
2. Do you pace sinus bradycardia?: Yes, with external ortransvenous pacemakers
3. What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia?: Digoxin and betablockers
4. How do you treat sinus tachycardia?: treat the underlying cause
5. What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block?: Atropine 0.5mg or epineph-rine
6. What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinuspause/block)?: Atrial
pacemaker
7. What drugs treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation?: beta blockers, diltiazem,verapamil,
digoxin, amiodarone, coumadin, lovenox
8. What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial flutter?: Syn-chronized
cardioversion at 50-100J
9. What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial fibrillation?: -
Synchronized cardioversion at 120-200J
10. What is the treatment for stable SVT?: Vagal maneuvers and adenosine
11. what is the treatment for unstable SVT?: Synchronized cardioversion
12. What is the treatment for symptomatic junctional escape?: atropine 0.5mg
13. What is the treatment for symptomatic first degree block?: atropine 0.5mg
14. what isthe drugs and treatment forsymptomatic second degree block type1?: atropine
0.5mg, epinephrine or a temporary pacemaker?
15. What isthe drugs and treatment forsymptomatic second degree block type2?: Atropine
0.5mg, epinephrine or dopamine
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker.
16. What is the drugs and treatment for third degree block?: Atropine, epineph-rine, or
dopamine
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to a permanent pacemaker.
17. Treatment for PVCs: Correct hypoxemia, low K+, low Mg++
18. Drugs used to treat PVCs: Amiodarone, Lidocaine,Pronestyl
19. Treatment for Monomorphic VT with pulse (stable): Amiodarone, lidocaine,procainimide
and synchronized cardioversion
20. treatment for MonomorphicVT with pulse (unstable): Amiodarone, synchro-nized
cardioversion
21. Treatment for monomorphic and polymorphic pulselessVT (unstable): De-fibrillation,
CPR, Epinephrine
22. Treatment for polymorphicVT with pulse (stable and unstable): Magnesiumand
defibrillation
23. treatment for ventricular fibrillation: Defibrillation, CPR, and Epinephrine
24. Treatment for idioventricular rhythm/ventricular escape rhythm: Atropine,
Epinephrine, Isoproterenol
transcutaneous pacing as a bridge to permanent pacemaker.