Ventricular Fibrillation

Myocardial Infarction which is another word for Heart-attack. When you have an heart-attack your blood is not getting to your heart's muscle. This means your arteries are clogged. Blood is pumped through your arteries to all of the parts in your body. If you have a heart condition you shouldn't smoke, you should diet and exercise, you should watch your Blood Pressure if you have to take medication for your Blood Pressure make sure you take the prescribed medication.

The society we live in today has developed drastically, this development has ranged and branched out to a variety of fields, one field that has seen tremendous advancement would be the medical field. Medicine has been documented to be around for 2500 years and has been potent in the lasting of the human race. One major factor that has persisted for a long period of time and has claimed many would be Heart failure; the heart is a complex organ that strives to pump blood through your body through the use of blood vessels such as arteries, capillaries and veins these vessels carry blood throughout your body. Your heart is vital to your health due to the fact that without the heart’s pumping action, blood would not be able to move through your

sudden cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops beating. Blodd stops flowing to the brain and other organs. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) causes death if not treated in minutes. The most common cause is an arythmia which is when rapid pulses causes your ventricles to quiver instead of pumping blood. Usually a life threatning arythima develops in a Person with a pre-existing heart condition such as: coronary artery disease, heart attack, or electrical problems in the heart.

Congestive heart failure, CHF, is when the heart fails at doing what it does best, pumping your heart. CHF effects more than two million people in America (Caroline 1018). Most people who have CHF knows what it is, and are on treatment for it. What most people who have CHF don’t know is the pathophysiology of their illness. Understanding how the heart works will allow people that suffer from congestive heart failure to have a clear view of what’s happening to their own body.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a series of procedures that can restore breathing in a state of medical emergency. These procedures function in place of the heart and lungs until the can function on their own again. Ethical issues arise when the doctors believe that the patient will never regain function of the heart and lungs. Some people believe that if there is no hope that the patient will

Once a patient goes into full arrest, meaning the heart in no longer moving at all, AED’s are useless and the patient needs advanced life support ASAP: therefore, early use of an AED in the pre-hospital setting plays a major role in helping a patient

The first type of shock is Anaphylactic shock. Anaphylactic shock is caused by severe allergic reactions and can be life threatening. Typical symptoms of Anaphylactic shock are itching of the eyes, swallowing and breathing difficulties, abdominal pain, cramps, vomiting, diarrhea , hives, and angioedema. Common triggers include nuts, shellfish, dairy products, egg whites, sesame seeds, and wasp or bee stings. If someone is in anaphylactic shock call 911 and then administer an epinephrine auto injector if available. Next have the person lie on their back, loosen any tight clothing, cover them with a blanket, and don’t give them anything to drink. If the person starts vomiting or bleeding from the mouth turn the person on their side to prevent choking. If symptoms improve still seek emergency medical treatment because it is possible for symptoms to recur.

Systolic and Diastolic Heart Failure Heart failure occurs when the heart cannot pump enough blood for the body due to a weakened or damaged heart. The heart 's pumping action moves oxygen-rich blood as it travels from the lungs to the left atrium, then on to the left ventricle, which pumps it to the rest of the body. The left ventricle supplies most of the heart 's pumping power, so it 's larger than the other chambers and essential for normal function. (American Heart Association). In left-sided or left ventricular heart failure, the left side of the heart must work harder to pump the same amount of blood.

Also, that it is a failure to the cardiovascular system in which the blood circulation decrease and eventually ceases. The second thing I learned, is that shock can be both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular. Three major cardiovascular causes of shock are: poor pump function blood or fluid loss from blood vessels and poor vessel function.

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an important risk factor for ischemic stroke. AF increases the risk of stroke five fold and contributes to at least 15% of all strokes. Therefore, stroke prevention with the use of antithrombotic therapy is central to the overall management strategy of patients with AF.

There are two types of surgical procedures performed for AFib: pacemaker insertion or an open-heart maze procedure. A pacemaker is a small electrical device that uses wires to regulate the heart rate. It is inserted near the collarbone. A pacemaker can either regularly send out signals to keep heart rate on track or sense when the heart rate is too fast or too slow and react accordingly.

CPR has been the way to help anyone who had cardiac arrest, but it has not been the most effective. First, CPR is delayed and takes a long time for

The occurrence of sudden death in student athletes is 1 and 200,000 per year (p.1). The numbers of student athletes are increasing each year with more student athletes striving to seek out sports scholarships to help with the rising cost of college tuition. It is up to scientist to figure out whether or not EKG can be a beneficial lifesaving indicative tool or would it just be a waste of time for these upcoming athletic stars. The benefits of the periodic EKG may be challenged by many, but there is one proven method on hand to help these players in the event of cardiac arrest the automatic defibrillator (AED). Calling for these mandatory by schools, sports venues, etc.

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Causes and symptoms Shock is caused by three major categories of problems: cardiogenic (meaning problems associated with the heart 's functioning); hypovolemic (meaning that the total volume of blood available to circulate is low); and septic shock (caused by overwhelming infection, usually by bacteria). Cardiogenic shock can be caused by any disease, or event, which prevents the heart muscle from pumping strongly and consistently enough to circulate the blood normally. Heart attack, conditions which cause inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), disturbances of the electrical rhythm of the heart, any kind of mass or fluid accumulation and/or blood clot which interferes with flow out of the heart can all significantly affect the heart 's ability to adequately pump a normal quantity of blood.