What Is Pacing Used For
Temporary Cardiac Pacing Is Used to Maintain a Normal Heart Rate in People Whose Own Heart Rate Is Not Pumping Enough Blood Around the Body. This May Be in...
Temporary cardiac pacing is used to maintain a normal heart rate in people whose own heart rate is not pumping enough blood around the body. This may be in slow heart rhythms, fast rhythms or when the heart fails to beat. Temporary cardiac pacing may be used: following a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction)
How is pacing done?
Transcutaneous Pacing (TCP) is a temporary means of pacing a patient’s heart during an emergency and stabilizing the patient until a more permanent means of pacing is achieved. It is accomplished by delivering pulses of electric current through the patient’s chest, stimulating the heart to contract.
When is cardiac pacing indicated?
In general, temporary cardiac pacing is indicated when a bradyarrhythmia causes symptoms and/or severe hemodynamic impairment and when permanent cardiac pacing is not immediately indicated, not available, or the risk of inserting a permanent pacemaker exceeds potential benefit.
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