Answer: For a patient with ventricular tachycardia who is stable has a pulse and has a corrected QT interval greater than 0.46 seconds synchronized cardioversion is the recommended treatment.
A patient in the telemetry unit is stable. Cardiac monitoring indicates the patient has ventricular tachycardia with a pulse. Further assessment reveals that the corrected QT interval is greater than 0.46 seconds. Which treatment would be appropriate at this time?
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular …