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How To Improve Survival Rate Of Cardiac Arrest? Heart attack, also known as myocardial infarction, is a condition in which insufficient amount of blood flowing into the heart muscle causing damage to the muscle tissues. People with heart attack can have symptoms such as chest pain and shortness of breath and they usually can describe their agony and can be brought to a hospital for immediate treatment. While heart attack might be serious, it might not necessarily cause the victim to die. While heart attack is generally known by most people, many are mistakenly used it to describe cardiac arrest. Undoubtedly, heart attack can cause cardiac arrest and they are definitely not the same. Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart’s electrical system malfunctions causing the abrupt loss of heart function. The victim could die within minutes when the heart stops. Cardiac arrest can happen at any time to any people who may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. It is caused by abnormal or irregular heart rhythms called arrhythmias. The common arrhythmias in cardiac arrest is ventricular fibrillation, in which the heart’s lower chambers suddenly begin beating chaotically and do not pump blood. The victims usually collapse and are unable to speak. They require CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to be performed on them before they reach the hospital to have any chance of survival or recovery.
Report published on June 30, 2015 by the Institute of Medicine indicated that thousands of Americans are dying from cardiac arrest every year because too little was done to save these lives. More than 1,600 people suffer a cardiac arrest every day or 600,000 a year, in the United States., and almost all of them die. Fewer than 6 percent of people suffering cardiac arrest outside a hospital survive, and just 24 percent of those who have one in a hospital survive. One study of 10 North American sites found that survival rates for out-of-hospital arrests range from 7.7 percent to 39.9 percent. Seattle and Boston achieved 62 percent survival for a specific type of cardiac arrest if someone witnesses the collapse, compared with less than 10 percent in other places. Uncoordinated emergency and hospital response might explain why there was such a big difference. Training people in CPR and having automated external defibrillators (AED) handy will certainly help to increase the survival rate. Meanwhile, emergency medical service personnel must be trained to respond swiftly and correctly. For instance, operators managing 911 calls can be trained to talk people through CPR while waiting an ambulance to come, and the emergency departments need smooth and coordinated responses. Unfortunately, only 3 percent of the population gets CPR training each year, as indicated in the report. Although training is important, people can save lives even if they are not trained. A quick call to 911 should be the very first thing to do. When someone has collapsed suddenly, anyone near this person should start chest compression, even if they are not responsive and show no signs of life. It is not necessary to breathe into this person’s mouth. Pressing down 2 inches in depth on the chest, over the heart, at a rate of 100 to 120 times per minute can maintain blood pumping to the brain. By pushing every half second, pushing hard and pushing fast, the chance of survival will definitely be improved. Being America's third-largest killer, cardiac arrest kills more than 500,000 Americans a year. More than 420,000 emergency medical services-assessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur every year in the United States. A simple stress test could actually indicate whether someone is at high risk for a heart attack. There is no comparable test, however, to suggest when someone is in danger of cardiac arrest. Hence, it is essential to research into the basic biology of cardiac arrest to understand the risk factors that might predict who is going to develop the condition. In the meantime, more work is also required to identify people who are likely to die regardless of medical treatment and those who could survive cardiac arrest and have a high quality of life.
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