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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
can strike anyone,anytime,anywhere...
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Sudden Cardiac Arrest
A Heart in Distress

• Uncoordinated, very fast heart rhythm
• Ventricular fibrillation (VF)
• Some ventricular tachycardias (VT)
• Ineffective heart pump
• Unconscious, no breathing, no pulse
• Death certain without defibrillation

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What Is Defibrillation?

• Electric shock to the heart
• Stops uncoordinated rhythm
• Allows return of regular rhythm and pulse
• Only definitive treatment for VF

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Why Early Treatment?
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Chances of success reduced 7 to 10 each minute
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Success
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Cummins RO, et al. Guidelines 2000 for
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency
Cardiovascular Care (ECC, Circulation (Suppl)
20011028, August 22
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What Happens When You Call 911?
Best Case Scenario
Identify emergency/ Activate emergency response
plan
30
seconds
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The Odds
Annual Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease U.S.
220,000
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
590,000
All Other Cardiovascular
Total Deaths810,000
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The Stakes
Annual Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Events U.S.
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600 patients per day(one every 2 to 3
minutes) 75 out-of-hospital 20 without prior
symptoms 95 die without very earlytreatment
Total Events220,000
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It is estimated that more than 95 of sudden
cardiac arrest victims die before reaching a
hospital, resulting in approximately 250,000
deaths each year in the U.S. That's three lives
every seven minutes - over 600 people a day!
However, when all four links of the Chain of
Survival (which is a globally endorsed response
model developed by the American Heart
Association) are strong, survival rates for
victims of SCA can rise from 5 to as high as 49.
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Something to Think About...
Public Access Defibrillation
has the potential to be the
single greatest advancement
in the treatment of
prehospital SCA death
since the development
of CPR.
AHA Guidelines 2000 for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitat
ion and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Textbook.