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Engineer

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Question 1

Your patient is in ventricular tachycardia with a heart rate of 124. His blood pressure is stable but he's complaining of mild dizziness. Appropriate treatment for THIS PATIENT AT THIS TIME is
◦ amiodarone to decrease ventricular irritability and help convert the rhythm back to sinus.
◦ CPR.
◦ immediate electrical cardioversion.
◦ immediate defibrillation.

Question 2

Your patient is in pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Your first intervention should be
◦ defibrillation.
◦ electrical cardioversion.
◦ amiodarone bolus IV.
◦ to encourage the patient to try vagal maneuvers.
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Marked as best answer by Engineer on Apr 15, 2019

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Reply #1 on: Apr 15, 2019
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Engineer

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Reply 2 on: Apr 15, 2019
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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