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Practice Editing Here (Nov 15th in-class Wiki session work)

 * This is a place to practice clicking the "edit" button and practice adding references (via the citation button).

Task: Cardiac Arrest


 * 1) Find a peer-reviewed journal article on PubMed. Practice inserting your citation in the above space using the "cite" tool
 * 2) Choose one "B-level" medical article on Wikipedia from the following list: https://wp1.openzim.org/#/project/Medicine/articles?quality=B-Class&importance=High-Class
 * 3) Practice editing live on Wikipedia by finding a typo in the text or improving the clarity/readability of a sentence by adjusting a few words in a sentence.

Assignment # 3- please post an anonymous copy here!
Proposed Changes

Ventricular fibrillation (VF) and Ventricular tachycardia (VT) are both abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias) that can result in the heart ineffectively pumping blood to the body. In VF, the electrical signals to the lower heart chambers (ventricles) are disorganized, resulting in twitching. In VT, the heart beats faster than normal, which prevent the heart chambers from properly filling with blood.

(written citations)

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. (2021, June 2). Ventricular fibrillation. Mayo Clinic. Retrieved November 19, 2021, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ventricular-fibrillation/symptoms-causes/syc-20364523.

Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. (2020, October 30). Ventricular tachycardia. Mayo Clinic. Retrieved November 19, 2021, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ventricular-tachycardia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355138.

Rationale for proposed change (3 marks):

Differentiating VT vs. VF is a necessary addition to the wiki page on Cardiac Arrest. In the current Wiki article, both VT and VF are mentioned; however, they are not well explained nor differentiated. My partners are defining both VT and VF in their individual portions, but there was a necessary gap in the article to simply explain the difference to the lay reader. The information used in this differentiation is gathered from the Mayo Clinic, which is a reliable source for medical information that is especially useful for patients and those not in the medical community. I hope this addition to the wiki page will help readers better understand the mechanisms of cardiac arrest.

Area of controversy (if applicable) (1 mark): There is no area of controversy.

Critique of source (2 marks):

The information was gathered from the Mayo Clinic, which is a HONcode certified website for reliable and accurate medical information. The references used in the Mayo Clinic article are all recent, with the oldest article used in citations being from 2016. Because this one reference from the Mayo clinic articles is from 2016, some of the information in the mayo clinic article may be out of date. However, overall, I believe these two Mayo clinic sources are trusted sources of evidence that are easy for the lay person to understand and will overall benefit the wiki article.

What to post on the Wikipedia article talk page (part of assignment 3)

 * This will also be covered on Nov 15th in class. Your group should use the below template to share an outline of your proposed improvements (including your new wording and citations). Article talk pages are not places to share your assignment answers. The Wikipedia community will be more interested in viewing your exact article improvement suggestions including where you plan to improve the article (which section), what wording you suggest, and the exact citation (Note: all citations must meet WP:MEDRS)
 * You will not be able to paste citations directly from your sandbox to talk pages (unless you are interested in editing/learning Wiki-code in the "source editing" mode). We suggest re-adding your citations on the talk page manually (using the cite button and populating the citation by pasting in the DOI, website, or PMID). You will have to repeat this process yet again when you edit the actual article live.
 * Talk Page Template: CARL Medical Editing Initiative/Fall 2021/Talk Page Template