Thousands of butterflies in my chest

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Your patient is a 42-year old male who is complaining of severe shortness of breath, profound weakness, and a feeling of "thousands of butterflies in my chest." The monitor shows ventricular tachycardia with a very weak pulse. Your patient tells you he weighs approximately 205 pounds. Because your patient is conscious, you decide to sedate him with 5 mg of midazolam IN prior to cardioversion. Your vials are packaged 10 mg / 2 ml.

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