Ventricular Rhythms
In the previous pages, we reviewed the rhythms originating above the ventricles. On rare occasions, these pacemaker sites fail and the next site within the conduction system takes over. In this case, the ventricles. More often than not however, the next groups of rhythms are the result of ventricular irritability. Being the next highest site and rate, the atria will take over. In some cases, junctional arrhythmias are the result junctional irritability.
The four rhythms associated with the ventricles are
Ventricular Escape Rhythms (Idioventricular), Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Premature Ventricular Contractions (PVC). Finally in this section we will also present Asystole.Remember to use the five rules.
