What Is Sudden Cardiac Arrest? SCA is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. Unlike other heart conditions, SCA can impact people off all ages, races and ethnicities, and often with no warning — in fact, 1,000 people each day experience SCA. Different from ...
Cardiac arrest is a serious medical emergency that requires immediate medical care. Use this WebMD slideshow to know whether you are at risk for cardiac arrest and what you can do if it happens to a loved one.
1.An irregularity in the force or rhythm of the heartbeat:a fatal arrhythmia. 2.A condition characterized by such irregularities:treatments for cardiac arrhythmia. [New Latin, from Greekarruthmiā,lack of rhythm, fromarruthmos,unrhythmical:a-,without; seea-1+rhuthmos,rhythm; seerhythm.] ...
Introduction Each year, about 360 000 of about 2.4 million deaths in the USA are caused by sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Any other cause of death that gives rise to mortality on such a scale (about 15% of all deaths) has seen huge research funding and effort, and funding devoted to fin...
Cardiac arrest is always deadly without treatment. Without prompt CPR, people cannot survive a cardiac arrest. An estimated 60-80% of people who experience a cardiac arrest outside of the hospital succumb to their condition. That's why giving CPR and using an AED as soon as possible is esse...
Stricken runner in fair condition; Cardiac arrest at marathon caused by congenital condition.(SPORTS)Breitenbucher, Annie
Cardiac arrest may be categorized as: (1) ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (P-VT); (2) asystole or profound bradycardia; or (3) pulseless electrical activity (PEA). PEA is a state in which there is an electrical rhythm that is not VF/VT or profound bradyc...
Sinus arrest is the extreme case of the condition called sick sinus syndrome. In its less extreme form, sick sinus syndrome is characterized by sluggish depolarization of the SA node pacemaker cells, which leads to an abnormally low intrinsic heart rate. Patients typically exhibit an abnormally ...
an ECG had been obtained either before cardiac arrest or immediately after return of spontaneous circulation, which showed a right bundle-branch block in 28 patients (70%), S1Q3 pattern in 3 (8%), T-wave inversion in V1 to V5 in 2 (5%), and complete atrioventricular block in 1 (2%)...
Sundowning is a phenomenon infrequently discussed in UK nursing literature but is a serious cause of distress for many older people and their carers. This article addresses some of the causes of sundowning and suggests ways in which nurses may contribute to better management of the condition....