A 24-Year-Old Man Has Called 911 After Experiencing Heart Palpitations

question 2

Multiple Choice

A 24-year-old man has called 911 after experiencing heart palpitations and dizziness. You direct your partner to apply a 4-lead ECG and see a narrow complex tachycardia on the monitor at a rate of 196 bpm. The patient is wearing a halter monitor and states, "My doctor is making me wear this because I keep having these episodes." How should you handle the presence of the halter monitor?

• A) Leave it in place and alter your treatment so as not to disturb the monitor.
• B) Remove the monitor and treat the patient per protocol.
• C) Leave the monitor on and delay treatment until you arrive at the ED.
• D) Contact the hospital for medical direction.

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