Hello, students. My name is Mike Estefan, and I thank you for joining me today on the EM Clerkship

podcast. On this month's deep dive episode, we are going to be talking about bradycardia. Before we

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Now, back to the episode. I just want to

apologize in advance. As you guys can probably tell, I sound a little different, a little stuffy,

and I actually have COVID. This is actually my second bout with COVID. My first bout was back intern year. It was in March or April. It was pretty early on in the first COVID wave. But I will say that I am much more symptomatic now than I was that first time. So long story short, speaking is a bit of a challenge and I'm trying my best but you guys can

probably tell on the other end. So without further ado, let's get into things. First, we're

going to discuss the general approach to bradycardia and its management. After that, we will

briefly discuss the different etiologies of bradycardia and some that warrant special

attention.

Bradicardia we define in adults as a heart rate less than 60.

When you are seeing a patient in the ED who is bradicardic, the first question you need to

figure out is, is this patient presenting with symptomatic bradycardia or asymptomatic bradycardia?

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