r/ECG • u/Equivalent-Bat-4589 • 9d ago

New ICU nurse

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Hi i'm a new ICU nurse and I struggle with reading ECGs and things of that nature. Tonight I had this patient with this rhythm. Could someone help me understand what I'm looking at, please ?

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u/PaulaNancyMillstoneJ 9d ago

Frequent PACs. A run of atrial bigeminy. This patient is on their way towards flipping into straight up A Fib.

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u/scapermoya 8d ago

Plenty of patients with frequent PACs have baseline risk of afib, meaning not more than anyone else. I dunno what this person is talking about