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If you are hoping to start a career in trauma care for the pediatric population, you may be required by your employer to take a PALS course. Even if this is not a requirement where you work, this course can give you the necessary knowledge and skills to excel in your job and to feel more confident and comfortable when working in the emergency department or in the pediatric intensive care unit. PALS is the Pediatric Advanced Life Support class [...]

While you have probably learned plenty about symptomatic bradycardia and tachycardia, atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation, other heart rhythms may still be a bit fuzzy in your mind. One potentially confusing rhythm is sick sinus syndrome, which may occasionally be called sinus node disease or sinus node dysfunction. Understanding this heart rhythm, its causes, symptoms and treatments can help you better address concerns that your patients may be having and help them prevent more severe complications of this arrhythmia. What [...]