Your client has returned to the floor with a transthoracic pacemaker ready to be connected. You know that a transthoracic pacemaker is a temporary pacemaker used in what situation?
A) Transthoracic pacemakers are used in a client who has had open-heart surgery.
B) Transthoracic pacemakers are used when a client has an MI.
C) Transthoracic pacemakers are used after a coronary bypass graft surgery.
D) Transthoracic pacemakers are used for tachyarrhythmias.

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Transthoracic pacemakers are typically used temporarily in patients who have undergone open-heart surgery to maintain heart rhythm until the heart's conduction system recovers.

Your Client Has Returned to the Floor with a Transthoracic