When I would have nursing students in the ICU they would always ask what the difference was between fine and course V-fib, as described in the cardiac nursing manuals.....I'd always tell them..."the length of time it's gonna take you to roll em' to the morgue, give or take a second or two."
ANY abnormal ventricular rythem..be it Vtac, vfib...ect is LETHAL. The ventricles are the pumping chambers of the heart. If it cant pump, there is no perfusion to the brain, no oxygen transported. I LOVE cardiac nursing. It was and remains my favorite subject to teach on in the hospital.
