Tachycardia — Hospital setting | ACLS pretest

You are working on a telemetry unit. A patient calls you into his room as you pass by in the hall. He is complaining of chest pain and looks rather ill. He is slightly diaphoretic, appears a little cyanotic around the lips. You look quickly at the monitor. It shows the following:
about 3–5 minutes
Question 1 of 4
You immediately suspect that this rhythm is:

Question 2 of 4
Because of the way this patient presents, you make the diagnosis of:
Question 3 of 4
You should immediately prepare for:
Question 4 of 4
Ventricular tachycardia can often disintegrate into:
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Correct answers
- Ventricular tachycardia.
- Unstable wide complex tachycardia.
- Synchronized cardioversion.
- Ventricular fibrillation (cardiac arrest).
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