title: Pacemaker assessment for junior doctors.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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