06.05 Wide Complex Tachycardia for CCRN Review
Included In This Lesson
Outline
Nursing Points
General
- Wide complex Tachycardia
- Known as an “unknown type”
- Goal is to preserve cardiac function
- Treatment
- To preserve cardiac function
- Cardioversion
- Amiodarone
- Procainamide
- Used specifically for low ejection fraction
- To preserve cardiac function
- Contraindicated
- Lidocaine
- Verapamil
- Adenosine
- Known as an “unknown type”
CCRN Review (Critical Care Certification Review)
This course is a review for the CCRN exam. Experienced critical care nurses that meet the testing criteria can use this course to review key concepts for their CCRN exam, which is a certification for critical care nurses. Criteria to test includes having 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely and/or critically ill patients during the last 2 years (prior to the exam). 875 hours need to be worked in the year prior to your application.