A Case of Heart Palpitations and Shortness of Breath.

The article presents a case study of a 68-year-old woman who has been admitted to the hospital for exertional dyspnea and chest pain and her first day in the hospital was uneventful. The article discusses that the nurse checked her radial pulse and found it to be rapid, weak, and thready; and the patient was placed in a wheelchair and brought back to her room. The rapid response team (RRT) was called.