Temporary Invasive Pacing Class
Fee: Free
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This class teaches Sharp HealthCare registered nurses the indications for use and troubleshooting techniques for the Medtronic 5392 pacemaker. A hands-on demonstration will be included.
Upon completion of this class, the student will be able to:
- Discuss the basic concepts of temporary pacemaker therapy
- Describe the common modes of pacing and state indications for each mode
- State how to institute emergency pacing
- Identify failure to pace, failure to capture, overseing and under-sensing for both single and dual chamber pacemaker therapy
- Demonstrate how to initiate pacemaker therapy, as well as stimulation and sensing thresholds, using the Medtronic 5392 pacemaker
- Analyze various ECG strips and determine appropriate nursing actions
