Is There a Difference Between a Sudden Cardiac Arrest and a Heart Attack?
Who can be affected by Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
Is it possible to reverse the effect of sudden cardiac arrest? Yes, it is entirely possible to reverse the effect of a sudden cardiac arrest, particularly if the unconscious victim receives immediate aid by restoring the circulation with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and delivery of defibrillation to restore the normal heart rhythm. If these life saving measures are delayed the prospect of a complete recovery diminishes.
HEART ATTACK
Cause: An occlusion or blockage in an artery that supplies blood to the heart - typically the coronary artery. Once the artery is blocked the heart muscle dies as a result of oxygen deprivation, resulting in a heart attack
Warning Signs: Chest and arm pain, upper abdomen and jaw pain also common, sweating, weakness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting are all common symptoms
Patient Response: Usually remains conscious and alert, usually distressed and anxious.
Survival Prospects: Generally good, with appropriate treatment
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
Cause: An abnormal or irregular heart rhythm (cardiac arrhythmias) occurs. Instead of the heart beating in a coordinated fashion, the ventricles (lower chambers) quiver or wobble - a process known as ventricular fibrillation, resulting in a cardiac arrest
Warning Signs: Sudden collapse, usually no detectable pulse
Patient Response: Unconscious and totally unresponsive, usually no pulse, and not breathing
Survival Prospects: Generally poor 90+% will die unless CPR and defibrillation is administered within 10 minutes of collapse. Some people simply don't respond to treatment because of underlying medical conditions
Stroke:
A stroke (sometimes called an acute cerebrovascular attack) is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia, means lack of glucose and oxygen supply caused by thrombosis or embolism or due to a hemorrhage. As a result, the affected area of the brain is unable to function, leading to inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body, inability to understand or formulate speech, or inability to see one side of the visual field.
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart abruptly stops functioning due to a sudden heart arrhythmia called ventricular fibrillation, or VF. VF is usually seen in people who have coronary artery disease or other underlying heart conditions. Since the stopped heart cannot provide oxygen to the rest of the body, death can occur within minutes.
Signs of cardiac arrest are sudden and unmistakable. They include:
Failure to respond to stimuli, such as shaking of shoulders or calling of name
No normal breathing for at least five seconds.
Both are painful but if one is having a heart attack they should be hospitalized immediately since a heart attack is a physical malfunction of the heart that is life threatening whereas a broken heart is more of a mental malady caused by disappointment in love. For this there is no immediate remedy. Only time will mend a broken heart.
Heart attack refers to damage to the muscle of the heart, usually from a lack of blood flow. Most of the time, a blood clot forms in one of the arteries that supplies the heart muscle with blood, blocking the flow of blood. As the heart muscle starves, it begins to die, causing chest pain and other heart attack symptoms.
A stroke is a similar blockage in an artery that supplies blood to the brain. When a clot forms in one of those arteries and stops blood flow, a section of the brain begins to die. Stroke symptoms often don't include any pain or discomfort, and are more likely associated with losing feeling or the ability to move. Much of the time, strokes affect only one side of the body.
These two terms are so often misunderstood that some in the medical community are attempting to do away with stroke and replace it with the term brain attack.Personally, I doubt it will change. (Besides how difficult it is to do away with a widely accepted medical term, "brain attack" just sounds like the title of a really bad movie.)
There is a very slight risk of myocardial infarction (a heart attack) from the exercise, as well as cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heart beats), angina, or cardiac arrest (about one in 100,000).
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrhythmia is usually fatal unless reversed by electric defibrillation. Cardiac arrhythmia is also sometimes referred to as ventricular fibrillation.
Taking anywhere above 13 would be considered an overdose, anywhere above 19 and you will most likely be hospitalized, and taking 24 or more pills will result in cardiac arrhythmia or cardiac arrest.
The scientific name for Cardiac Arrest is "cardiopulmonary arrest" or "sudden cardiac arrest." It is a sudden loss of heart function, breathing, and consciousness.
Possibly you mean cardiac arrhythmia? This is a medical term for an irregular heartbeat.
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Yes, cats can suffer from cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone of any age.
Cardiac Arrest is when there is tremendous heart failure. (Heart Attack)
This drug (a broad spectrum antibiotic) can change the QT interval and that can cause arrhythmia.