Arrhythmias Package

8 Courses – $99 – CME Hours: 4.5 Hrs

Description:

This package covers bradycardia and blocks, updates on atrial fibrillation, pearls, and pitfalls associated with cardiology, as well as other risk factors and management of cardiac devices.

Learning Objectives:

On completion of this library, you will gain a further understanding of:

• Understand the presentation of bradycardia and blocks
• Recognize whether the block is stable or unstable, whether it is narrow or wide, and whether it is sinus or not sinus.
• Learn some bradycardia and blocks pearls
• Learn the five steps in the treatment of ED patients who present with either new AFib/Flutter or AFib with RVR Learn the five routine tests for all new AFib/Flutter patients and know which additional tests to consider
• Know when to focus on rhythm control and when to focus on rate control
• Learn the five major causes of Atrial Fibrillation
• Learn pearls and pitfalls associated with treatment of patients presenting to the ED after having a heart transplant
• Learn how to recognize acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the left bundle branch block (LBBB) with the Modified Sgarbossa Criteria
• Learn pearls and pitfalls associated with the presentation, recognition, and management of atrial fibrillation in patients with critical illness
• Differentiate between syncope and falls in the elderly
• Recognize the difference between near syncope and syncope
• Describe syncope in pediatric patients
• Understand syncope in general
• Discuss risk-stratification tools
• Discuss cardiac devices and understand what they are supposed to do and the ways they may go awry
• Review basic components of pacers and typical ECG findings of normal pacer function
• Understand the different types of pacer malfunction and their associated ECG findings
• Develop a game plan for dealing with pacer complications
• Discuss diagnosis and management of wide complex tachycardia

Courses:

1. Advanced Recognition & Treatment of Bradycardias 2020 Lecture (TU-292)
2. Atrial Fibrillations Update 2019 Lecture (MO-111)
3. Cardiology Pearls at a Regular, Rapid Rhythm: FAST FACTS Lecture (TU-328)
4. ECG in Syncope Lecture (SU-82)
5. Syncope with a Lethal Twist 2020 Lecture (TU-228)
6. VADs, Vests & Zaps 2020 Lecture (MO – 140)
7. When Tickers Start to Flicker 2020 Lecture (TU-324)
8. Wide & Whacked Tachycardias 2020 Lecture (TU-260)