Pediatric supraventricular tachycardia with perfusion compromise
Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed6-year-old boy for calm pediatric rhythm and whole-child recognition, qualified escalation, serial reassessment, and caregiver-centered handoff. About 8 simulated minutes.
What you will practise
- Connect the abrupt symptom clock, fixed rhythm description, circulation, breathing, and whole-child state.
- Recognize probable pediatric SVT with supplied perfusion compromise despite a measurable blood pressure.
- Activate qualified pediatric rhythm-care and resuscitation ownership without delay.
- After escalation is active, review support, open causes, heart-failure risk, and the deterioration boundary.
- After elapsed qualified care, compare the fixed rhythm and whole-child response without declaring resolution.
- Hand off unresolved recurrence, cardiology, cause, caregiver, and deterioration risk.
Review and sources
Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.
- Lasa JJ, Dhillon GS, Duff JP, et al. Part 8: Pediatric Advanced Life Support: 2025 AHA/AAP Guidelines for CPR and ECC. Circulation. 2025;152(suppl 2):S479-S537. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001368.
- American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatric Tachyarrhythmia With a Pulse Algorithm. Figure 7. 2025.
- Resuscitation Council UK. Paediatric arrhythmias. Guidelines 2025; current consolidated resource February 2026.
Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.