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About the Author
Judy Boehm, RN, MSN, is a cardiac clinical nurse specialist
living now
in Bradenton, Florida.
Beginning in 1975 she worked as CNS for the cardiac units
at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire,
retiring in early 2006. Since the formation of the CPR
Committee in 1983, she was active in establishing policies
and procedures for resuscitations, translating resuscitation
research into practice, selection of/training in emergency
equipment, life support education, and CPR data collection/
analysis.
Judy received her MSN from University of Alabama,
and her BSN from Case Western Reserve University. She enjoys
playing golf with her husband, walking her Golden Retriever,
and learning about tropical plants.
email the author: [email protected]
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Welcome to Code Communications,
ZOLL's online newsletter for hospital clinicians interested in
the field of resuscitation. Each month we will explore a new topic
in the field with an emphasis on practical solutions for changing
practice and improving outcomes.
There's more to performing effective and safe external cardioversion
than you think. This article reviews the rhythms for which cardioversion
is effective, the difference between cardioversion performed emergently
and electively, and multiple factors that affect the success of
cardioversion. In addition, the procedure itself is outlined, and
follow-up care and complications are explained. Finally, the future
of cardioversion is challenged with recent research trials showing
that rate control of atrial fibrillation may have equal hemodynamic
effect and thromboembolism rate...Read
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