Practicals · Emergency Medicine · Resuscitation
Temporary cardiac pacing (pacemaker placement)
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- 10 (NMC); external=4, transvenous=2 (DNB)
- Also called
- transcutaneous pacing, transvenous pacing
Videos and resources
- VideoSensing and Threshold Test — 53401 Temporary Pacemaker9:25
- VideoAn Introduction to Temporary Pacemakers11:12
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Temporary cardiac pacing (10)” ( NMC curriculum, page 13)
“Pacemaker placement- external, transvenous and transthoracic, E = 4, TV=2” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 10)