Belhassen Tachycardia in a Pediatric Patient: A Simulation for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellows.

arrhythmias belhassen ventricular tachycardia emergency medicine pediatric emergency medicine simulation-based medical education

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Mar 2022
Historique:
received: 27 02 2022
accepted: 24 03 2022
entrez: 2 5 2022
pubmed: 3 5 2022
medline: 3 5 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Ventricular tachycardia in pediatric emergency department patients is a high-risk, low-frequency event well suited for education through simulation. This technical report describes a simulation-based curriculum for Pediatric Emergency Medicine fellows and senior residents involving the evaluation and management of a 10-year-old female presenting with palpitations who is ultimately diagnosed with Belhassen tachycardia. The curriculum highlights the features that differentiate Belhassen tachycardia (idiopathic left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia) from supraventricular or other tachycardias, building upon foundational pediatric resuscitation skills and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) algorithms for advanced learners.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35494995
doi: 10.7759/cureus.23521
pmc: PMC9038589
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e23521

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022, Keilman et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Ashley E Keilman (AE)

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.

Jason Deen (J)

Pediatrics - Cardiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.

Julie A Augenstein (JA)

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, USA.

Noel Zuckerbraun (N)

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.

Rebekah Burns (R)

Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.

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