The nurse, caring for a patient diagnosed with cardiac tamponade, prepares to participate in which initial treatment?
1. Antidysrhythmic drugs and oxygen
2. Oxygen and rest
3. Pericardiocentesis
4. Antibiotics
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Rationale 1: Antidysrhythmic drugs may be necessary but are not the initial treatment.
Rationale 2: Oxygen and rest will be required but are not the initial treatment.
Rationale 3: When cardiac tamponade occurs, it is considered a medical emergency. Pericardiocentesis is performed to remove fluid or blood that has collected around the heart and is preventing the heart from pumping effectively.
Rationale 4: Antibiotic therapy may be necessary but is not the initial treatment.
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