CARDIAC ARREST Richard J. Frink, MD
Retired Cardiologist 12 year ORPS Owner
The headline in the Desert Sun on January 30, 2019, reads “Referee Collapses and dies during a soccer game.” Doctors refer to these as “Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD)” cases. He was 69 years old. He apparently had no symptoms and was running up and down the field. This is a common story in today’s world. The underlying cause of his collapse is not a heart attack but a cardiac rhythm disturbance called “Ventricular Fibrillation (VF).” The sudden onset of VF results in the arrest of all pumping action of the heart and blood flow ceases. The patient immediately faints without blood flow to the brain and will die within 10 minutes unless resuscitated. The referee did receive CPR and EMTs continued resuscitation efforts but failed to keep him alive. A similar event recently occurred at my church in Sacramento. The patient, an elderly lady, collapsed during an evening staff meeting. Fortunately some of the staff had received CPR training. Immediate CPR followed by the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), owned by the church, converted the VF, and the resuscitation was immediately successful. She quickly awakened and was transported to the hospital. Recent reports indicate she is doing well without any neurologic deficit and she did not require any invasive cardiac procedure. The key to this story is the quick use of the AED to convert the VF. AEDs are everywhere in public buildings, Airports, Airplanes, and sports venues, etc. AEDs in ORPS are located at both LP and ES, at all satellites, and in the fitness center. They are not under lock and key and any LAY person can remove them and take them to an emergency like a sudden collapse. The AED comes with verbal instructions for the lay person on their operation. The main thing is to get the AED to the patient as soon as possible. There are many successful resuscitations performed by untrained lay people using both CPR and the AED. Further, CPR has changed over the years and mouth to mouth breathing has been abandoned and a replaced with a mask and an airway. Chest compressions have been increased to 30 before pausing for two breaths. CPR classes are offered at many places in the valley. I would recommend that all persons become trained in CPR, including the use of the AED. You could save a life.
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