Practical Tips on Emergent Transcutaneous and Transvenous Pacing

Originally Published; 2013-Mar-01

Was one of the faculty for a simulation day with some lecture stations.  The station I had was a short lecture on the setting up of emergent transcutaneous and transvenous pacing followed by some hands on.  Figured I would record the lecture and post it up for whoever was interested.  I did have to put in some echo guided pacemaker insertion clips since I was giving the presentation.

As a side note some of the discussion points may not be applicable depending on what kind of equipment your facility regularly stocks.

Practical pointers for setting up the transcutaneous and transvenous pacer to emergently pace someone. Not a definitive discussion, but useful tips of what things plug into what and how to set the systems. Transcutaneous fixed and demand pacing and flow directed tranvenous pacer insertion.