Treatment for a patient with bradycardia and significantly compromised cardiac output includes:
A) 1 mg of epinephrine 1:10,000.
B) 1 mg of atropine via IV push.
C) transcutaneous cardiac pacing.
D) a dopamine infusion at 20 mg/min.
Answer: C) transcutaneous cardiac pacing.
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