Lecture Mosby''s paramedic textbook (4th ed) - Chapter 22: Cardiology

This chapter include objectives: Identify the purpose of the patient care report; describe the uses of the patient care report; outline the components of an accurate, thorough patient care report; describe the elements of a properly written emergency medical services (EMS) document; describe an effective system for documenting the narrative section of a prehospital patient care report;...

•Wenckebach’s tract in middle internodal tract

•Thorel’s tract in posterior internodal tract

or sympathomimetic drug  (e.g., cocaine,  phencyclidine, and  epinephrine)

Rhythm, Site of Origin,  Causes, Clinical Significance,  and Prehospital Management

Conduction Dysrhythmia Disorders

• Heart block causes

–Atrioventricular junctional ischemia

–Atrioventricular junctional necrosis

• Lung disease

Cardiovascular Disorders  Management

–Previous thrombosis–Oral contraceptive therapy–Sickle cell disease–Obesity