AV Block

[Zen]

Jolt- thanks for the education we didn't go so far into conduction as the parasympathetic NS, just the SA-AV-Perkinje.

my mneumonic for that was to think of an advertisement for a grocery. It would say "SAAV a BUNDLE at Perkinje"

[SJCzar]

I fainted at the most convenient place ... on my doctor's exam table. I had went in because of a problem with my ear. She felt that overstimulation of the nerves when she was flushing out my ear helped bring on the fainting. My pulse and blood pressure would not come up enough, and after a few doses of anti-nausea meds I could still hardly stand to keep my eyes open. I had no strength to even try to sit up, so off to the hospital.

I had already been previously diagnosed with the AV block but they decided that they needed to monitor me further to be sure that I wouldn't randomly drop down to the fainting rate again. Besides all the usual blood tests, numerous EKGs, and ultrasound, they also ran another stress test to see if I'm still able to handle exercise well. Just like the last time I aced that test. My lungs always give out before my heart. I don't think they were able to get my heartrate above 152.