Associate Professor UT Health Sciences in San Antonio San Antonio, Texas
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Session Description: Wide complex tachycardias (WCT) are often a conundrum for emergency physicians. The diagnosis is very difficult to differentiate between benign diagnoses and more serious ones. This leads to management conundrums as well. During this lecture, the speaker will discuss some things to look for to help differentiate the more serious from the more benign. The speaker will also discuss management options for patients with WCT to help avoid a bad outcome.
Learning Objectives:
Discuss 5 things to look for on the EKG to differentiate ventricular tachycardia from a tachycardia with a bundle branch block.
Highlight the management options pharmacologically for patients with WCT according to the best literature.
Discuss 5 things to look for on the EKG to differentiate ventricular tachycardia from a tachycardia with a bundle branch block.