Cardiac Arrest Defibrillator Dysrhythmia 
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 2, 2025
See this post: How a pause can cause cardiac arrest 2. Because she has cardiomyopathy and ventricular dysrhythmias, the pacer included an Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Echo 6 days later after CRT: Normal estimated left ventricular ejection fraction. The plan: 1. Place temporary pacemaker 3.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 10, 2022
It was reportedly a PEA arrest; there was no recorded V Fib and no defibrillation. He had multiple cardiac arrests with ROSC regained each time. This patient arrested shortly after hospital arrival. As a result — the history will often be limited to what was known prior to the arrest.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
APRIL 8, 2016
At cath, he immediately had incessant Torsades de Pointes requiring defibrillation 7 times and requiring placement of a transvenous pacer for overdrive pacing at a rate of 80. Could the dysrhythmias have been prevented? If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., However it is classified is not so important!
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
NOVEMBER 30, 2019
If cardiac arrest from hypokalemia is imminent (i.e., Here is another post on hypoK: Patient with severe DKA, look at the ECG In this post, I discussed another patient I took care of : Prehospital Cardiac Arrest due to Hypokalemia I recently had a case of prehospital cardiac arrest that turned out to be due to hypokalemia.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 30, 2019
The limb lead abnormalities appear to be part of the Brugada pattern, as described in this article: Inferior and Lateral Electrocardiographic RepolarizationAbnormalities in Brugada Syndrome Discussion Brugada Type 1 ECG changes are associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD) and the occurrence of ventricular dysrhythmias.
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