Sudden cardiac arrest is a heart attack complication that occurs without warning. The heart may stop due to the electrical disturbances in the cardiac system. If not treated immediately, cardiac arrest can be fatal. How to Prevent Heart Attack? Be Physically Active Watch your weight by following...
Sudden cardiac arrest, a deadly condition that occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating, has long been a conundrum for heart doctors. It kills more than 300,000 Americans each year, and was generally believed to strike without warning. But a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine...
to successfully compete for scant resources. The scarcity of certain foods may cause a fall in the levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter that regulates our mood, which may make us less empathetic and readier to harm others. There is some evidence that boredom can augment sadistic behavior. ...
2013 A mother is suing Monster Energy for thedeath of her 19-year-old son, Alex Morris, after he died of cardiac arrest. She claims that he drank two 16 ounce Monsters the day before his death and at least two a day for the 3 years preceding his death. A California Coroner’s offic...
Background Public Access Defibrillation – the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) by lay bystanders before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services – is an important strategy in delivering prompt defibrillation to victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and can greatly improve survival...
Stimulants that speed up the heart can cause chest pain and cardiac arrest. If the heart is pumping too hard due to the over indulgence of stimulants such as cocaine, speed, and ecstasy, it can cause muscle tears, bleeding and severe chest pain. ...
Public Access Defibrillation –the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) by lay bystanders before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services – is an important strategy in delivering prompt defibrillation to victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and can greatly improve survival rates. Such...
Sudden Cardiac Arrest A heart attack can cause other abnormalities besides blocking blood flow. For example, sudden cardiac death may occur when the heart's electrical signals become erratic (arrhythmias). When the heart tissue that is responsible for regular electrical stimulus of heart muscle contra...
Background Public Access Defibrillation – the use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) by lay bystanders before the arrival of Emergency Medical Services – is an important strategy in delivering prompt defibrillation to victims of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and can greatly improve survival...
Cell death after ischemia, hypoxia or cardiac arrest is an extensively investigated subject1,2,3,4,5. To our knowledge, the earliest time point examined in in vivo studies is usually 15 minutes after the ictus1,6. According to these studies, the first histological changes emerging are astro...