quetiapine-fumarate and Out-of-Hospital-Cardiac-Arrest

Editor's note: This is the next installment in a series on electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation. Nurses in all settings should know the basics, as medications and physiological changes can cause cardiac arrhythmias. Each article will start with a brief case scenario and an ECG strip and then take you step by step through analyzing the heart rhythm.

Topics: Bipolar Disorder; Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Electrocardiography; Electrolytes; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Middle Aged; Nurse's Role; Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest; Quetiapine Fumarate; Return of Spontaneous Circulation; Torsades de Pointes; Unconsciousness