One of the most common causes of a cardiac arrest is a life-threatening abnormal heart rhythm, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Other causes include cardiomyopathy - a disease of ...

This includes a suggested minimum of three cycles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation in persistent shockable rhythms while other aspects of advanced ... recovery on the field of play ...

Cardiac arrest can have several causes. Heart attack is a common cause. Other conditions may also disrupt the heart's rhythm and lead to cardiac arrest. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)—or a th ...

how do you predict cardiac arrest before it happens? Ongoing work at Cedars-Sinai combines data from heart rhythms, echocardiograms and more, and then applies AI-based analysis in search of ...

In this rare scenario, a direct hit to the chest can result in cardiac arrest by making the heart go into an abnormal, life-threatening rhythm. It's different to a heart attack, which happens when ...

A talented football star died aged 17 after 999 call handlers failed to recognise a tell-tale breathing pattern that's a ...