You enter your client's room and find him pulseless and unresponsive. What would be the treatment of choice for this client?
A) IV lidocaine
B) Chemical cardioversion
C) Immediate defibrillation
D) Electric cardioversion
C
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Defibrillation is used during pulseless ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, and asystole (cardiac arrest) when no identifiable R wave is present.
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