➻ ⚫ 🇨🇮 My rhythms work sheet #2

What intervention should the nurse implement for a patient experiencing a Wenckebach or Second-Degree Block Type I?

• Assess patient, notify physician. If unstable, based on HR atropine may be given.

• Medical Alert (Rapid Response Team Emergent Response Code) and consider pacemaker.

• Assess patient, notify physician, possible Medical Alert RRT, consider Transcutaneous Pacing (TCP) or dopamine.

• Assess patient, Medical Alert RRT versus Code

How can you ID a Second-Degree Type II?

• More P waves than QRSs

• Measure the PR Interval

• Varying PR intervals

• More QRS waves than P

After assessing and notifying the physician about your patient having an unstable second degree type II AV heart block what intervention would the nurse anticipate? atropine or Transcutaneous Pacing (TCP).

(a)  

Which of the following are Critical rhythms?

• A-Fib

• A-Fib

• A-Tach

• Asystole

Which of the following are Critical rhythms?

• Third-Degree AV Block

• Second-Degree AV Block Type II

• A-Tach

• V-Fib

Which of the following is a Critical rhythm?

• Third-Degree AV Block

• Second-Degree AV Block Type II

• A-Tach

• Ventricular Fibrillation (VF/V-Fib)

What is of the hallmark sign of a Complete Heart Block or Third-Degree AV Block?

(a)  

Which AV block has indeterminate PR intervals?

• Complete Heart Block or Third-Degree AV Block

• Second-Degree AV Block Type II

• Wenckebach or Second-Degree Block Type I or Mobitz I

• Atrial Fibrillation or third-Degree AV Block

What intervention should the nurse implement for a patient experiencing Complete heart block or Third-Degree AV Block in conjunction with assessing and notifying the physician?

(a)  

Three or more PVCs in a row is referred to as a?

(a)