VFlutter
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I know this may not seem that impressive to some however this is the first time I have seen it in person. The patient was put on telemetry monitor two days ago and was A flutter 50-60s with rare PVC's. Last night they started to have frequent ectopy with couplets and triplets which progressed into non sustained runs of V tach. I came back on shift tonight and was told they were having sustained runs for approx 15 mins. About an hour into my shift they went into a sustained run of V tach 140s and have yet to convert back. Pt is a code II so they are not being too aggressive with it, they maxed out the amnio/lidocaine. They are not planning on cardioverting them. They have been in V tach for 4 and a half hours as of right now with the rate not dropping below 130, they have been asympotamic the entire time. It's pretty impressive what the human body can do and how different the real world is from the textbooks. Just thought I would share.
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