Heart beating 60/20

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Specializes in LTC.

A friend of mine is having "electric shock therapy"done where they shock the heart because it's beating at 60/20. Can someone please explain what this means? Is it the same as cardioversion?

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Specializes in ER/ICU/Flight.

never heard the term "60/20".

don't know why anyone would need to be cardioverted if either of those numbers was their heart rate?

to be honest, it sounds like maybe you have misunderstood or misheard....

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Specializes in LTC.
never heard the term "60/20".

don't know why anyone would need to be cardioverted if either of those numbers was their heart rate?

to be honest, it sounds like maybe you have misunderstood or misheard....

I'm alittle confused too, but thank you anyway.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Yep, never heard of this - needs to get clarification from her provider. Good luck.

We don't want to guess.

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