VT Clinical Significance — ECG Academy Lesson

Translate VT recognition into urgency: stable does not mean benign, the WCT rule protects patients, and bedside instability changes the response pathway.

Learning Objectives

• Explain why VT remains dangerous even when the patient initially appears stable
• Recognize the bedside findings that suggest hemodynamic instability in VT
• Apply the WCT rule: treat wide-complex tachycardia as VT until proven otherwise
• Understand the urgency of VT recognition and escalation
• Describe the monitor tech role and high-level bedside pathway differences for stable, unstable, and pulseless VT