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Introduction to Transcutaneous Pacing

Learn about the indications and necessary equipment for transcutaneous pacing, and view a case demonstration of the procedure.

Released:

August 5, 2015

Audience:

Physicians, Emergency Medical Technicians, Paramedics

Learning Objectives

  • Describe how to operate the equipment involved in transcutaneous pacing

  • Discuss the indications, and their underlying pathophysiology, for transcutaneous pacing

  • List and perform the steps involved in transcutaneous pacing

Author(s)

Mjaye Leslie Mazwi, MD, MBChB

Fellow, Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children's Hospital

Division Head, Cardiac Critical Care Medicine; 

Co-Director, Heart Center | Seattle Children's Hospital


Traci Wolbrink, MD, MPH

Co-Director, OPENPediatrics; Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence and Innovation; Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship; Senior Associate in Critical Care Medicine | Boston Children’s Hospital

Associate Professor of Anaesthesia | Harvard Medical School

Citation

Mazwi M, Wolbrink TA. Introduction to Transcutaneous Pacing. 8/2015. Online video. OPENPediatrics. https://learn.openpediatrics.org/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/3131/introduction-to-transcutaneous-pacing

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