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This discussion occurred during a clinical rotation, after the patient was given adenosine and had his rhythm converted from SVT to NSR. AVNRT was the etiology for sure, though I should have specified AVNRT in my main post. Thanks for the answer

I'm asking this as a hypothetical situation where you indeed know the cause of their SVT is a cardiac conduction disturbance. Would a fluid bolus to a hypotensive patient with this etiology be beneficial or detrimental.

So I recently had a discussion with an instructor regarding the treatment of an unstable SVT (hypotensive, decreased LOA's, etc). The obvious answer was synchronized cardioversion, but the instructor stated that a fluid bolus would also be pertinent for this patient. I personally didn't think...