A patient who had a myocardial infarction is experiencing severe chest pain and alerts the nurse. The nurse begins the assessment but suddenly the patient becomes unresponsive, no pulse, with the monitor showing a rapid, disorganized ventricular rhythm. What does the nurse interpret this rhythm to be?
a) Ventricular tachycardia
b) Ventricular fibrillation
c) Atrial fibrillation
d) Third-degree heart block
Answer: b) Ventricular fibrillation
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