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==Procedure==
==Procedure==
[[File:True-capture.png|thumb|True electrical and mechanical capture]]
[[File:True-capture.png|thumb|True electrical capture]]
[[File:False-capture.png|thumb|False capture with visible phantom beats<ref>"Transcutaneous Pacing (TCP): The Problem of False Capture". EMS 12 Lead. Retrieved 2019-01-31.</ref>]]
*Pad placement:
*Pad placement:
**Pad on apex of heart and on right upper chest
**Pad on apex of heart and on right upper chest

Revision as of 12:51, 30 March 2019

Background

Indications

  • Bradyarrhythmias causing hemodynamic impairment:[1]
    • AV block
    • Sinus node dysfunction
    • A-fib with slow ventricular response
    • Malfunction of implanted pacemaker
  • Tachyarrhythmias causing hemodynamic impairment[1]

Procedure

True electrical capture
False capture with visible phantom beats[2]
  • Pad placement:
    • Pad on apex of heart and on right upper chest
    • Pad on lead V3 position and between left scapula and T-spine
  • Set: HR 80, pacing threshold usually between 40-80 mA
    • Look for clear QRS complex and T-wave following pacer spike
    • Check pulse to confirm mechanical capture
    • Final current set 5-10 mA above threshold level for patient

See Also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, et al. ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices): developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Circulation. May 27 2008;117(21):e350-408
  2. "Transcutaneous Pacing (TCP): The Problem of False Capture". EMS 12 Lead. Retrieved 2019-01-31.