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Broad Complex Tachycardia; Roadside to Resus

The Resus Room

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How to Treat an Arrhythmia

If any doubt exists, then for goodness sake, presume that that is VT or ventricular tachycardia. Don't presume it's the other option. Now we need to consider the patient's clinical condition in its entirety. And unless they're presenting you to you in an absolute peri arrest situation, then that means undertaking a nice A to E assessment. So what are we going to do if one of these patients presents with one of the life threatening features? We need to deliver an electrical cardia version because that is the preferred method for restoring sinus rhythm and it's effective. But others are going to be still and they might need a degree of cautious sedation and maybe some

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