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/.What drug is used to treat sinus bradycardia? - Answer-✅Atropine 0.5mg
/.Do you pace sinus bradycardia? - Answer-✅Yes, with external or transvenous
pacemakers
/.What drugs should you HOLD with sinus bradycardia? - Answer-✅Digoxin and beta
blockers
/.How do you treat sinus tachycardia? - Answer-✅treat the underlying cause
/.What drugs are used to treat sinus pause/block? - Answer-✅Atropine 0.5mg or
epinephrine
/.What type of pacemaker is used to treat sinus node disease (sinus pause/block)? -
Answer-✅Atrial pacemaker
/.What drugs treat atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation? - Answer-✅beta blockers, diltiazem,
verapamil, digoxin, amiodarone, coumadin, lovenox
/.What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial flutter? - Answer-
✅Synchronized cardioversion at 50-100J
/.What is a treatment option for symptomatic (unstable) atrial fibrillation? - Answer-
✅Synchronized cardioversion at 120-200J
/.What is the treatment for stable SVT? - Answer-✅Vagal maneuvers and adenosine
/.what is the treatment for unstable SVT? - Answer-✅Synchronized cardioversion
/.What is the treatment for symptomatic junctional escape? - Answer-✅atropine 0.5mg
/.What is the treatment for symptomatic first degree block? - Answer-✅atropine 0.5mg