You have a patient who is unresponsive, has spontaneous respirations, has a carotid pulse of 40, and absent radial and femoral pulses. Your ECG analysis is of a Second Degree Type II, and the 12-Lead shows ST elevation in Leads V1 and V2.You have decided to pace this patient and as a result, the patient wakes up and is in tremendous pain from the pacemaker. The patient also indicates an allergy to all the pain relieving medications you have on board. What would be your MOST appropriate course of action based on this information?Discontinue the pacemaker.Administer an analgesic and epi sub-QStart an epi drip and then once you see it is worlong, DC the pacerExplain the situation to the patient and recommend continued pacing
[Answered]: You have a patient who is unresponsive, has…
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