Cardiac arrest

Other causes for cardiac arrest may include drowning, suffocation, electrical shock, severe allergic reaction (anaphylaxis), drug overdose, and trauma.
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Cardiac arrest — the sudden failure of the heart to pump blood — claims 200,000 to 400,000 lives each year in the United States.
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prolonged and profound hypoglycemia (an abnormal and severe decrease in blood sugar)
carbon monoxide poisoning ...
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3 - Cardiac arrest happens when the heart just stops beating. Because fresh blood is no longer reaching the brain, the person falls unconscious. Coronary artery problems are often the cause.
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Shock
Cardiac arrest (no effective heartbeat)
Respiratory arrest (absence of breathing)
Airway obstruction ...
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Almost 75% of cardiac arrests occur in the home. When someone has a cardiac arrest, the heart stops beating. When this happens, someone should call 911 and the person should be given CPR until he or she starts moving or emergency medical help arrives.
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DAVID F. KONG, MD: Cardiac arrest is when the heart doesn't do its job and doesn't develop a pulse or doesn't develop a blood pressure. As a result, people who have cardiac arrest are often not conscious, have no breathing and have no pulse.
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Commotio cordis: Sudden cardiac arrest from a blunt, nonpenetrating blow to the chest.
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The situation is just the opposite when cardiac arrest occurs outside a hospital setting.
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Metastasis
Dehydration
Cardiac arrest from electrolyte imbalances
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If you have watery diarrhea for more than 2-3 days, you should call your doctor.
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Other causes include: antenatal drug use by the mother, cardiac arrest, twin pregnancy, and central nervous system developmental defects (5). Accompanying features of CVI include cerebral palsy and developmental delays.
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PAD (public access defibrillator) Portable defibrillation device for immediate treatment of cardiac arrest victims by having devices readily available in public locations (airports, planes, malls, stadiums, etc.) as well as emergency first-response ...
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Coma is the result of damage to the brain stem and cerebrum that may be caused by severe head or brain injury, cardiac arrest, stroke, diabetes, drug overdose, shock, or hemorrhage. It occurs just before death in many diseases.
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Lungs for transplantation usually come from young, healthy people who have had severe brain damage because of trauma or cardiac arrest (a stopped heart). Their lungs and other organs are maintained with life-support machinery.
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Improper technique used to feel for the pulse
Normally weak pulse that is difficult to measure without proper instruments
Shock
Cardiac arrest (lack of an effective heartbeat) ...
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