The nurse is caring for a patient in the critical care unit who experiences ventricular tachycardia (VT). What is the drug of choice for this dysrhythmia?
A) Amiodarone
B) Lidocaine
C) Adenosine
D) Clonidine
Ans: A
Feedback: Amiodarone-administered IV is the antidysrhythmic medication of choice for a stable patient with VT. Other medications that may be used are procainamide and sotalol. Although lidocaine has been the medication most commonly used for immediate, short-term therapy, it has no proven short- or long-term efficacy in cardiac arrest.
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