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Janet Jackson Was “Shocked” By Michael's Propofol Use
Nov 19th, 2009 - Rolling Stone
Janet Jackson admitted she was shocked when she learned her brother Michael's drug addiction had spiraled into the use of the powerful sedative Propofol in an interview with ABC's In the Spotlight that aired last night...Early cooling in cardiac arrest may improve survival
Nov 16th, 2009 - PhysOrg
Rapidly cooling a person in cardiac arrest may improve their chance of survival without brain damage, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.
Obituaries in the news
Nov 16th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Pavle, who called for peace and conciliation during the Balkan ethnic wars of the 1990s but failed to openly condemn extreme Serb nationalism, died Sunday...
Rapid Cooling Might Help Heart Attack Patients
Nov 15th, 2009 - US News
SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Rapid cooling of heart attack patients may boost their chance of survival without brain damage, Swedish researchers report. They examined the use of a device called RhinoChill...
CPR can increase survival rate
Nov 10th, 2009 - UPI
TORONTO, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Attempted cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the part of bystanders can quadruple cardiac arrest survival rates to more than 50 percent, a Canadian study found.
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0:47Sudden Cardiac Arrest at a Martial Arts Event
www.medatrain.co.uk In the UK last yeat, Cardiac Arrest accounted for over 140000 deaths in the UK. Thats roughly one death every 3 minutes. This tragic video shows that Cardiac Arrest (Heart Attack) can strike at any time. The victim is young ...
1:15Heart Attack Symptoms : Identifying Cardiac Arrest Victims
A cardiac arrest victim has no pulse, has stopped breathing and is non-responsive. Identify a cardiac arrest victim withexpert tips from a certified emergency medical technician (EMT) in this free video on heart disease. Expert: ...
2:56Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the US, killing more than 400000 people last year. Thats more than the total death rate for breast cancer, lung cancer, and HIV/AIDS combined. It is estimated that 95% of SCA victims die before reaching the hospital ...
Cardiac Arrest from WikiPedia:
A cardiac arrest, also known as cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is the abrupt cessation of normal circulation of the blood due to failure of the heart to contract effectively during systole.
A cardiac arrest is different from (but may be caused by) a heart attack (myocardial infarction), where blood flow to the still-beating heart is interrupted (as in cardiogenic shock).
Arrested blood circulation prevents delivery of oxygen to all parts of the body. Cerebral hypoxia, or lack of oxygen supply to the brain, causes victims to lose consciousness and to stop normal breathing, although agonal breathing may still occur. Brain injury is likely if cardiac arrest is untreated for more than five minutes, although new treatments such as induced hypothermia have begun to extend this time. To improve survival and neurological recovery immediate response is paramount.
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