Your Patient Is Smiling and Visiting with Family,but the Cardiac

question 45

Multiple Choice

Your patient is smiling and visiting with family,but the cardiac monitor shows that the patient's heart has completely stopped.The rhythm on the monitor is thus

• A)Artifact.
• B)A life-threatening emergency.
• C)Dangerous,but it can wait awhile.
• D)"Toothbrush tachycardia."

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