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To: ScubaDiver

To drop like that is considered a cardiac arrest. Not just a regular heart attack. Despite CPR, if there isn’t an AED available nearby, survival rate is usually only about 20%. Cardiac arrest is generally an electrical event, and an electric jolt is needed to shock the heart back into a rhythm.


102 posted on 06/12/2021 10:57:40 AM PDT by toothfairy86
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To: toothfairy86

That is discussed a little in the story about the soccer play who dropped on the pitch from a cardiac arrest

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/mar/25/muamba-collapse-minute-by-minute


110 posted on 06/12/2021 11:04:38 AM PDT by RummyChick (To President Trump: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3923111/posts)
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