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  1. THIS RHYTHM SHOWS FAILURE OF AN ESCAPE MECHANISM TO OCCUR :                                                                                                                                                                                                    TTHIS PATIENT IS UNCONSCIOUS :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  TALL OF THE SINUS IMPULSES ARE BEING CONDUCTED THROUGH THE AV NODE.                                                                                                                                                                                             FTHIS RHYTHM IS NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM WITH A 2ND DEGREE A-V BLOCK MOBITZ TYPE I.                                                                                                                                                                                  FAN APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR THIS PATIENT WOULD BE LIDOCAINE.                                                                                                                                                                                                  FTHIS RHYTHM IS CALLED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM :                                                                                                                                                                                                                 TTHIS RHYTHM IS REGULAR :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       TTHE CORRECT NAME FOR THIS RHYTHM IS SINUS BRADYCARDIA :                                                                                                                                                                                                        TTHIS DYSRHTYMIA REQUIRES IMMEDIATE LIFE-SAVING TREATMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                       FCHRONIC CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RHYTHM.                                                                                                                                                                                         T