The absence of a heartbeat is called
a. cardiac arrest.
b. dyspnea.
c. bradycardia.
d. tachypnea
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B Dyspnea is difficult or painful breathing, or shortness of breath.
C Bradycardia is breathing that is abnormally slow.
D Tachypnea is breathing that is faster than that which is produced during normal activity.
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