Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death among adults over the age of 40 in the United States and other countries. In the United States alone, approximately 250,000 people die every year from SCA, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, more people die each year from SCA than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, auto accidents, AIDS, firearms, and house fires combined. SCA also affects many young people. Approximately 10 percent of SCA events occur among people less than 40 years of age.

SCA is a life threatening condition that can be treated successfully through early intervention with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), defibrillation, advanced cardiac life support and hypothermia.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Mount Airy News - Custodian suffers cardiac arrest at school

Another AED saves a school employee!

At 9:29 a.m., emergency crews were paged to the school to respond to a cardiac arrest call. Before paramedics arrived on the scene, the school’s emergency response team started CPR on a custodian who had suffered an apparent heart attack, and was eventually forced to use the school’s automatic external defibrillator.
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