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Sudden cardiac arrest is most often caused by an abnormal heart rhythm called
ventricular fibrillation (VF). Cardiac arrest can also occur after the onset of
a heart attack or as a result of electrocution or near-drowning.
When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, the victim collapses, becomes unresponsive to
gentle shaking, stops normal breathing and after two rescue breaths, still isn’t
breathing normally, coughing or moving.
Coronary heart disease accounts for about 450,000 of the 871,517 adults
who die as a result of cardiovascular disease.
Approximately 325,000 of all annual adult coronary heart disease deaths
in the U.S. are due to sudden cardiac arrest, suffered outside the hospital
setting and in hospital emergency departments. About 900 Americans die every
day due to sudden cardiac arrest.
If bystander CPR is not provided, a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s chances
of survival fall 7 percent to 10 percent for every minute of delay until
defibrillation. Few attempts at resuscitation are successful if CPR and
defibrillation are not provided within minutes of collapse.
Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more people knew CPR,
more lives could be saved.
Brain death starts to occur four to six minutes after someone experiences
cardiac arrest if no CPR and defibrillation occurs during that time.
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