A patient is admitted to the telemetry unit with chest pain. An hour after admission, the...
A patient is admitted to the telemetry unit with chest pain. An hour after admission, the patient develops a narrow complex tachycardia with a regular rate of 160. The patient’s vital signs are: BP 100/65, P 160, R 20 and O2 saturation of 95% on room air. What course of action would be most appropriate for this patient?
Homework Answers
The course of actions to be done are
- Maintain airway,breathing and circulations
- Monitor vital signs especially blood pressure,pulse and oxygen saturation
- Do an ECG to interpret the cause and diagnosis
- Follow vital manoeuvre
- Administer adenosine / amiodorone /calcium channel blockers as per advice
- Inform the concerned providers or consult the intendovidt
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