Pacemaker assessment for junior doctors.
Recent experience at the Merseyside Regional Pacemaker Centre has emphasized that many junior doctors are unfamiliar with numerous important facts regarding permanent pacemakers. It is important to detect quickly a fault in a permanent pacemaker if, for example, a patient presents with recurrent dizziness, blackouts or a cerebrovascular accident.
D000758:Anesthesia; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006327:Heart Block / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000145:classification; D013575:Syncope / Q000628:therapy