Cardiology
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Description
Learn how to recognize failure to sense, its causes and how it is resolved (increasing sensitivity or lead re-site).
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Course Details
Intermediate
5 CME
Cardiology
Pacemaker Essentials
Course description
This hands-on course takes the mystery out of pacemakers and gives clinicians a solid grounding in pacemaker therapy. You’ll learn how pacemakers work, what can be done in order to optimize a patient’s pacemaker therapy, and how to recognize and troubleshoot common problems. By the end, you’ll feel comfortable addressing the most common pacemaker issues without having a pacemaker expert at hand.
64 Lessons
8 Quizzes
5 CME
Course Highlights
First up a review of pacemaker basics: the ‘hardware‘ differences between the 3 main types of pacemaker (single-chamber, dual-chamber, and biventricular pacemakers).
Common pacemaker issues: Failure to capture
Learn to recognize failure to capture, its causes, and how it is resolved (increasing output or lead resite).
Common pacemaker issues: Oversensing
Learn to recognize oversensing, its causes and how it is resolved (through decreasing sensitivity or the use of alternate algorithms).
Learn to recognize failure to capture on an ECG or rhythm strip.
Medmastery
Online Education
Medmastery courses and workshops are fully CME accredited providing US (AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM) and European (ECMECs) CME credits. Members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Register now for a free trial and check it out!
I’m a new nurse and I just started a new job at an outpatient surgery center. The anesthesiologist keeps telling me I’m placing the 3 lead ecg pads in the incorrect places, especially the bottom one. Where exactly is that one supposed to go? She said don’t put it on the abdomen and put it near a bone. Thank you for your help!