A patient who is recovering from an Inferior Wall MI has bee…

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A pаtient whо is recоvering frоm аn Inferior Wаll MI has been rather bradycardic all shift, but stable. Now you notice a change. As she brady's down to the low 50's, there is a sinus pause and the rhythm drops into a junctional escape rhythm at a rate of about 45bpm on the monitor. It resembles the following strip: When you check on the patient, she is awake and denies chest pain, but says she feels "woozy", lightheaded. As you take a set of vital signs (86/46), you anticipate the following: