____ is traditionally considered the drug of choice in cardiac arrest because it increases the strength of contraction, or in the case of ventricular fibrillation, it coarsens the fibrillation and thereby improves the chance of success with defibrillation.

A. Norepinephrine
B. Dopamine
C. Epinephrine
D. Atropine


Answer: C

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