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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Q37: If you think the rhythm is artifact,check
Q38: "Toothbrush tachycardia" can be lethal.
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