Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Treatment
- Unstable
- Synchronized cardioversion
- 150-200 J
- Stable
- Vagal maneuvers (Valsalva, carotid massage, face-in-ice-water)
- Adenosine
- 6mg bolus + 20ml rapid saline flush
- Second dose of 12 mg if no improvement within 2 minutes
- Wide-Complex
- No AV nodal blockers
- Procainamide
- Loading dose
- 15-17 mg/kg over 30 minutes
- Maintenance dose
- 1-4mg/min
- Contraindicated in Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
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