...Pacemakers 12/04 1-What is a pacemaker? 2- What does “intrinsic” mean? 3- How exactly do pacemakers work on the heart? 4- What are the parts of a pacemaker? 5- Are there different kinds of pacemakers? 6- What is the advantage of two wires over one? 7- How are pacemakers inserted? 8- What do they mean by transvenous, transcutaneous, and transthoracic? 9- How does the generator box work? 10- How long do the implanted batteries last? 11- How much electricity does the pacemaker use to actually pace the heart? 12- In English, please? 13- What is “capture threshold?” 14- Why do paced beats generated by a ventricular wire look like PVCs? 15- What does “asynchronous” mean, and what does “demand” mean? 16- What do those letters: VVI, DDD, etc. stand for? 17- What is “failure to capture?” 18- What is “failure to sense”? 19- How can an implanted pacemaker be reprogrammed? 20- What is the magnet thing? 21- What are some reasons for placing a permanent pacemaker? 22- What is an AICD? 23- Can AICD’s also function as pacemakers? 24- What problems do AICD’s have? 25- How do you stop an AICD from shocking the patient incorrectly? 26- Can you shock a patient with a pacemaker? 27- What is external cardiac pacing? 28- Who was Zoll, anyhow? 29- What else do I need to know about running the external pacemaker? 30- How do I know if capture has been achieved? 31- What’s the tricky part? 32- Does external pacing hurt? 33- How...
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