CMC Cardiac Medicine Certification

Answer- D - The nurse should turn on the synchronizer switch to avoid the potential danger of inducing ventricular fibrillation during cardioversion. The precordial shock during cardioversion must not be delivered on T wave or ventricular fibrillation may occur. The synchronizer must be switched on and the energy level may be set from 50 to 400 watt- seconds depending if its biphasic or monophasic machine.