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Overview•Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Defined
•Causes of SCA
•Cardiac Chain of Survival
•Survival Rates
•Realities
•Preparedness
Sudden Cardiac Arrest
•Sudden
•Unexpected
•Electrical Disturbance
•Usually Fatal
SCA vs. Heart Attack
Electrical Problem Pump Problem
Ventricular Fibrillation
Defibrillation
Causes of Death
Causes of SCA• Unexplained ~40%
• Toxins
• Electrolyte Imbalance
• Heart Disease ~13%
• Infection of Heart ~ 7%
• Enlarged Heart ~6%
• Miscellaneous ~14%• valve disease
• congenital
314/469
Figure 1Causes of sudden cardiac death in 314 autopsied cases (adapted from Winkel et al., Fig.
3).1 The miscellaneous category includes valvular heart disease (n = 8), dilated cardiomyopathy (n =
4), hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (n = 2), and other congenital heart diseases (n = 31).
Cardiac Chain of Survival
Early Recognition
Early CPR
Early Defibrillation
Early Defibrillation
Early Advanced Care
Survival
Realities
Preparedness
Prevention
• Eat Healthy
• Get Active
• See Your Doctor for an Annual Physical
• Drop Those Pounds
• Reduce Stress
• Quit Smoking
• Take Prescribed Medications
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