heatherbRN replied to italianrn07's topic in Cardiac
Where I work our clinic pacemaker nurse interrogates devices. She sees alot of patients daily and ensures their device is working properly, and can change parameters to optimize therapy. She then relays pertinent information back to the electrophys...
heatherbRN replied to rnvancouver's topic in Cardiac
The longer someone has been in Afib/flutter the harder it will be to convert them to NSR. From what I have experienced the best bet in these chronic patients is rate control and anticoagulation. Or maybe consider ablation procedure. Especially aft...
The leads do not need to be places posteriorly. I work in an EP lab and like mentioned above, the electrodes should be placed anteriorly away from bony prominences, and not over healing incisions.