You
are working in TCC when EMS arrives, bagging an unresponsive elderly-appearing
female. They report that
they were called to a nursing home for unresponsiveness, and found the patient
on the floor. On their arrival,
she was minimally responsive to noxious stimuli and had a heart rate of 36 on
the monitor. She received atropine
0.5 mg x 3 prehospital with minimal response. Her blood pressure is 80/60. To identify if there is heart block, you get an EKG
demonstrating marked sinus bradycardia with a 1st degree AV block
and possible ST elevation in the inferior and precordial leads (see below):