A student nurse is explaining ventricular tachycardia to a group of students. The nurse is correct in stating which of the following?
a. There are multiple disorganized firing in the atria
b. The ventricles are contracting too slow to produce an adequate cardiac output
c. The atria are contracting too slow to produce an adequate cardiac output
d. There are multiple disorganized firing in the ventricles
d. There are multiple disorganized firing in the ventricles
rationale: The extra electrical impulses are initiated in the ventricles and begin firing at a rapid rate - causing ventricular tachycardia.
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