Sudden Cardiac arrest

Ellen says: I learned from Imelda that her father died due to sudden cardiac arrest. I do not have any further knowledge regarding this illness but I knew I need to do more reseach about it, since my mother also died through it. I love my family and I really wanted to stay with them so long. But I knew for a fact, that I have the tendency to have such illness too, because it runs in the family.

What I did now is to research the whereabouts of this so called Sudden Cardiac Arrest. As I have read the Sudden Cardiac Arrest, or SCA, occurs when the lower chambers of the heart, called ventricles, stop beating normally and start quivering very quickly and chaotic. This is called ventricular fibrillation or VF. When the ventricles fibrillate, they do not contract normally, making it difficult to pump blood or oxygen to the body. Often, VF can become so erratic that it can result in SCA. If SCA is not corrected immediately via a shock from an external defibrillator or an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), there is little chance of survival.

SCA usually occurs without any warning. However, symptoms include sudden collapse, loss of consciousness, abnormal breathing, an inability to find a pulse and loss of blood pressure.

Well with all the knowledge I have got from insidecardiacarrest site wiill probably help me to maintain a good health and be aware as well when that sudden illness comes to anyone of us. Inside Cardiac Arrest presented by St. Jude Medical, provides information about the risk factors, warning signs, and treatment of Sudden Cardiac Arrest. The site offers two videos: Sudden Cardiac Arrestand The Human Heart In the videos, a real doctor explains SCA and heart anatomy in simple, easy to understand language.