This is also a time that we should be reflecting on taking care of ourselves and knowing our health status. I urge you, if you don't already, to get your yearly exams. Know your health status. Know your family's health history and know what can affect your health. If you know that your grandparents, aunts, uncles, parents, and siblings has/had high blood pressure, diabetes, sickle cell, glaucoma, heart disease, etc you should take an extra precaution to make that known on your health records.
Take care of yourself by being active. Get moving in some type of way. Watch what you eat and drink water.Michael and so many others that have passed on before him has had some health issues. I am sure he never thought that his heart would just stop all of a sudden. I don't know if he knew of any underlying issues that would eventually lead to cardiac arrest but it is best that we take time to indulge in knowing more about it.
What is cardiac arrest?
Cardiac arrest is the sudden, abrupt loss of heart function. The victim may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. It's also called sudden cardiac arrest or unexpected cardiac arrest. Sudden death (also called sudden cardiac death) occurs within minutes after symptoms appear.
Cardiac arrest is the sudden, abrupt loss of heart function. The victim may or may not have diagnosed heart disease. It's also called sudden cardiac arrest or unexpected cardiac arrest. Sudden death (also called sudden cardiac death) occurs within minutes after symptoms appear.
What causes cardiac arrest?
The most common underlying reason for patients to die suddenly from cardiac arrest is coronary heart disease. Most cardiac arrests that lead to sudden death occur when the electrical impulses in the diseased heart become rapid (ventricular tachycardia) or chaotic (ventricular fibrillation) or both. This irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. Some cardiac arrests are due to extreme slowing of the heart. This is called bradycardia.
The most common underlying reason for patients to die suddenly from cardiac arrest is coronary heart disease. Most cardiac arrests that lead to sudden death occur when the electrical impulses in the diseased heart become rapid (ventricular tachycardia) or chaotic (ventricular fibrillation) or both. This irregular heart rhythm (arrhythmia) causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. Some cardiac arrests are due to extreme slowing of the heart. This is called bradycardia.
Other factors besides heart disease and heart attack can cause cardiac arrest. They include respiratory arrest, electrocution, drowning, choking and trauma. Cardiac arrest can also occur without any known cause.
Can cardiac arrest be reversed?
Brain death and permanent death start to occur in just 4 to 6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest can be reversed if it's treated within a few minutes with an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat. This process is called defibrillation. A victim's chances of survival are reduced by 7 to 10 percent with every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation. Few attempts at resuscitation succeed after 10 minutes.
Brain death and permanent death start to occur in just 4 to 6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest can be reversed if it's treated within a few minutes with an electric shock to the heart to restore a normal heartbeat. This process is called defibrillation. A victim's chances of survival are reduced by 7 to 10 percent with every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation. Few attempts at resuscitation succeed after 10 minutes.
How many people survive cardiac arrest?
No statistics are available for the exact number of cardiac arrests that occur each year. It's estimated that more than 95 percent of cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital. In cities where defibrillation is provided within 5 to 7 minutes, the survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest is as high as 30–45 percent.
No statistics are available for the exact number of cardiac arrests that occur each year. It's estimated that more than 95 percent of cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital. In cities where defibrillation is provided within 5 to 7 minutes, the survival rate from sudden cardiac arrest is as high as 30–45 percent.
What can be done to increase the survival rate?
Early CPR and rapid defibrillation combined with early advanced care can result in high long-term survival rates for witnessed cardiac arrest. For instance, in June 1999, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) were mounted 1 minute apart in plain view at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports. In the first 10 months, 14 cardiac arrests occurred, with 12 of the 14 victims in ventricular fibrillation. Nine of the 14 victims (64 percent) were revived with an AED and had no brain damage.
Early CPR and rapid defibrillation combined with early advanced care can result in high long-term survival rates for witnessed cardiac arrest. For instance, in June 1999, automated external defibrillators (AEDs) were mounted 1 minute apart in plain view at Chicago's O'Hare and Midway airports. In the first 10 months, 14 cardiac arrests occurred, with 12 of the 14 victims in ventricular fibrillation. Nine of the 14 victims (64 percent) were revived with an AED and had no brain damage.
If bystander CPR was initiated more consistently, if AEDs were more widely available, and if every community could achieve a 20 percent cardiac arrest survival rate, an estimated 40,000 more lives could be saved each year. Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more people react quickly by calling 9-1-1 and performing CPR, more lives can be saved. -->
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Until Next Time,
Indulgenceiskey
Being a healthy person speaks more of you know that you have a healthy body outside and inside. There are a lot of things you must consider for you to have it. If you think you are not, then natural cures should be take into account to try the natural one. Alternative health care treatments are used all across the world with a high success.
ReplyDeleteWalking with Wisdom Leading My StepsJuly 5, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Thank you so much for writing this blog. I have shared similar thoughts....My father is 54 and he complains of high blood pressure and works overtime as a MBTA bus driver I can only imagine the stress he puts his body thru due to lack of sleep just to pay the bills each month and what worries me more is the proper nutrition that he is lacking....I can aid him in eating right at home which is minimal but some of the choices he makes are worrisome outside of the house.....
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your perspective...If Michael a world renowned man at 50 who seemed immortal passed away or any star of that matter passed away....it is fair to note that as young as they are... they are not immortal no matter how much money they make; they are Human Beings. Just as much as we ourselves need to take care of our health so do they...
It is fair to inspire to improve your health after viewing such a short life lived by a man the world loved and fixated over.
And I appreciate you sharing what is Cardiac Arrest, I may have learned it breifly but did not remember and it made me feel that I need to keep my awareness up with Cardic Arrest, high blood pressure, diabetes which my mother has and more.
As a personal trainer at a gym, I have witnessed many men and women who have decided to workout at the age of 40 and 50 after being treated with health conditions and/or weight gain many which were preventable if healthy decisions were made...especially women stating that their finally working out at the age 30's 40's 50's to rid of weight gain due to pregnancy; it really got me wanting to prevent myself from experiencing what they have experienced when I do start to raise my child or children.
All could have been prevented from embracing proper nutrition and working out as a lifestyle, as a habit, making the habit as important as going to work. Not missing out at least 4 days of working out every week even at home can you save so much more then not working out all.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts Indulgenceiskey,
EmbraceNatural
Thank you so much EmbraceNatural! I am so pleased that this article helped shed light on situations that we sometimes take for granted, one being our health. I pray that your father begins to make healthier choices outside of the house. I believe that he will because you are constantly making him aware of doing so. Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteI wish you much success in your journey as a personal trainer! I look up to you all.
Thanks for taking the time to read this article.
Indulgenceiskey