A 60-year-old male patient is admitted with chest pain to
the telemetry unit where you work. While having a bowel movement on the bedside
commode, the patient becomes short of breath and diaphoretic. The ECG waveform
shows bradycardia.
What other assessment findings should you anticipate?
Why does this patient probably have bradycardia?
Does this dysrhythmia need treatment? Why or why not? What
intervention would you implement first?
What is the drug treatment and dosage of choice for
symptomatic bradycardia? How does this drug increase heart rate?
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