A student nurse is observing an EKG rhythm on a monitor and observes a sawtooth appearance, the student nurse knows this is a characteristic of which of the following?
a. Atrial flutter
b. Supraventricular tachycardia
c. Atrial fibrillation
d. Third degree heart block
a. Atrial flutter
rationale: The sawtooth pattern is the appearance of the P waves in atrial flutter.
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