Emergent transvenous cardiac pacing in the emergency department: a case series

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Authors

Renaldo Pavrey¹ , Sonal Raj¹ , Nisha Das¹

1. Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai

Conference / event

EMCON 2023: 25th Annual National Conference of Society for Emergency Medicine India, October 2023 (Hyderabad, India)

Poster summary

Trans-venous cardiac pacing is potentially life-saving. It involves two components: Obtaining a central venous access, and intra-cardiac placement of a pacing wire. This case study describes our experience with trans-venous catheter placement in a small series of patients who needed emergent temporary cardiac pacing in the Emergency Department (ED). We attempt to answer the pressing question: Does a trained Emergency Physician (EP) in a structured ED with the skills to perform a trans-venous cardiac pacing make a difference?

Keywords

Transvenous pacing, Emergency department, Emergency medicine, Brady-arrhythmias, Resuscitation

Research areas

Biological Sciences, Medicine

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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