TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Transcutaneous Cardiac Pacing A1 - Shah, Chirag N. A1 - Rogers, Patrick J. A1 - Morrison, Daniel S. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. PY - 2018 T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Transcutaneous cardiac pacing (TCP) was first documented as a technique in 1872.1 It was successfully demonstrated in two patients with underlying cardiac disease and symptomatic bradycardia.1 The clinical difficulty of open-chest pacing, transvenous pacing, and open-chest cardiac massage for the treatment of “ventricular standstill” in an emergent setting has been recognized.1,2 Animal experiments were performed using electrodes placed in various positions prior to the use of subcutaneous needle electrodes at points “in a line transversing the ventricles.”1 The use of the procedure during eight surgical cases in which cardiac arrest occurred resulted in five patients successfully surviving to discharge.2 Cardiac monitoring during surgery was not routinely performed and the underlying rhythm being paced was not specifically determined in all reported cases. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/04 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159796307 ER -