Antiarrhythmic Drugs
By: Muhammad Aurangzeb
Lecturer-INS/KMU
By the end of this unit learners, will be able to:
•Discuss pharmacological management of arrhythmias.•Discuss nursing implication in relation to antiarrhythmic drugs.•Calculate the drug dosage accurately while administering oral and parenteral medication Objectives
Arrhythmia •Arrhythmia is deviation of heart from normal rhythm.•Normal Rhythm
1)HR- 60-100
2)Should origin from SA Node 3)Cardiac impulse should propagate through normal conduction pathway with normal velocity.
100 60 Normal range 150Simple tachyarrythmia 200 Paroxysmal TA .500Atrial fibrillation 350Atrialflutter 40Mildbradyarrhythmias 20moderateBA SevereBA Classification of Arrhythmias