In the palpation of a pulse of a patient with atrial flutter with an atrial rate of 300, what is the expected pulse rate?

Name: In the palpation of a pulse of a patient with atrial flutter with an atrial rate of 300, what is the expected pulse rate?
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Commonly, the ventricular contraction rate is about half the atrial rate (about 150 beats per minute) because the normal refractory nature of the AV node prevents many of the atrial impulses from entering the ventricles.

In the Palpation of a Pulse of a Patient with Atrial