You are overseeing a 62-year-old who has started to exhibit dangerous PVCs in the cardiac postoperative unit. He's been given a bolus of lidocaine and is under continuous IV infusion, but serious side effects, including hypotension during administration, could occur. What should you be ready to do?
a) Call for the doctor and just wait.
b) Administer additional lidocaine.
c) Prepare for defibrillation.
d) Adjust the IV infusion.
Answer: d) Adjust the IV infusion.
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