A patient is experiencing severe refractory ventricular arrhythmias. Select the drug that would be most appropriate to use at this time
a. Lidocaine (Xylocaine)
b. Propranolol (Inderal)
c. Flecainide (Tambocor)
d. Phenytoin (Dilantin)
ANS: C
Flecainide is a class IC drug used to manage severe refractory ventricular arrhythmias.
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