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You may return the answers to the EKG box or e-mail them to Dr. Rao at parinamrao@gmail.com by January 31, 2008.
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A 70 year old female presents with 1 hour of epigastric abdominal pain, shortness of breath and diaphoresis. Her BP is 110/70 and RR is 16. You are working in a rural community hospital and initiate treatment based on EKG # 1. What does the EKG # 1 show and what is your diagnosis?
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EKG # 2 is obtained 1 hour after EKG # 1and initial treatment, now what should be your treatment if you have already not done this?
OMT Questions? (Reference: Foundations for Osteopathic Medicine) Not necessarily this patient
T or F If there is a tachyarrhythmia associated with a right pectoralis muscle trigger point, the tachyarrhythmia is often unresponsive to antiarrhythmic drugs.
T or F If the trigger point is present, treatment with stretching of the pectoralis should treat the tachyarrhythmia almost instantaneously.
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