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Overview. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the sudden loss of all heart activity due to an irregular heart rhythm. Breathing stops. The person becomes unconscious ...
Cardiac arrest is when the heart cannot fulfill its duties and pump blood, especially oxygenated blood, around the body to get to critical areas, such as the ...
The major arteries that supply the heart with blood and oxygen get plugged up with a clot, causing a block in flow. The heart tissues are not getting oxygenated ...
More videos on YouTube · chest pain or pressure that may radiate to shoulders, arm, neck or jaw · profuse sweating · palpitations or rapid heartbeats · profound ...
Tests · Blood tests. Certain heart proteins slowly leak into the blood after heart damage from a heart attack. · Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). This quick and ...
Breathing and blood flow stop right away. Within seconds, the person is not conscious and dies. Sudden cardiac death is different from sudden cardiac arrest ( ...
Sudden cardiac arrest is the abrupt loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness. The condition usually results from a problem with the heart's ...
Some heart attacks strike suddenly. But many people have warning signs and symptoms hours, days or weeks in advance. Chest pain or pressure (angina) that keeps ...
Sudden cardiac arrest · Targeted Hypothermia Versus Targeted Normothermia After Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Rochester, MN · Development of an Evidenced-Based ...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after cardiac arrest can keep blood flowing to the heart and brain for a time. But often only defibrillation can restore ...
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