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You Have Been Consulted to Evaluate and Treat a Patient

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You have been consulted to evaluate and treat a patient in the cardiac step-down unit.The patient is 2 days post acute myocardial infarction.Upon meeting the patient,you assess the vital signs and objectively get the following measures: blood pressure (BP) ,134/65 mm Hg; heart rate (HR) ,99 beats/min; and pulse oximeter reading,98%.Which of the following treatment decisions would be MOST appropriate?


A) Ten minutes of ambulation in the hallway with a HR of 119 beats/min
B) Ten minutes of biking with a HR of 135 beats/min
C) Ten minutes of running on treadmill with a HR of 165 beats/min
D) All of the above are contraindicated

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