A 60-year-old male patient is admitted with chest pain to the telemetry unit where you work. While having a bowel movement on the bedside commode, the patient becomes short of breath and diaphoretic. The ECG waveform shows bradycardia.
o What other assessment findings should you anticipate?
o Why does this patient probably have bradycardia?
o Does this dysrhythmia need treatment? Why or why not? What intervention would you implement first?
o What is the drug treatment and dosage of choice for symptomatic bradycardia? How does this drug increase heart rate?