cardiac arrest
abrupt cessation of heartbeat.
Origin of cardiac arrest
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How to use cardiac arrest in a sentence
After more than 18 months of treatment, she died of cardiac arrest in her sleep.
A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it? | Rachel Feltman | July 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn 2014, Crystal Brackens-Prieston suffered an unexplained cardiac arrest at 27 years old.
A simple blood test could save new mothers. Why aren’t more doctors using it? | Rachel Feltman | July 14, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThen we looked at more than a decade of Medicare data to find people who lived in ZIP codes along those race routes who happened to have either a heart attack or a cardiac arrest on the day a marathon was held in their city.
Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast (Ep. 465) | Stephen J. Dubner | June 10, 2021 | FreakonomicsSometimes we’re lucky to bring people back to life from a cardiac arrest.
Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast (Ep. 465) | Stephen J. Dubner | June 10, 2021 | FreakonomicsThe second reason we looked at heart attacks and cardiac arrest is that these are serious business.
Introducing a New “Freakonomics of Medicine” Podcast (Ep. 465) | Stephen J. Dubner | June 10, 2021 | Freakonomics
A woman, sixty-eight, suffers a heart attack and goes into prolonged cardiac arrest.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead | Sandeep Jauhar | August 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut there are reports which say cannabis can be considered as a cause of death because it can induce a cardiac arrest.
She suffered cardiac arrest before the surgery and was put into a medically induced coma to aid her recovery.
Usher’s Feud With Tameka Foster Intensifies Over Son’s Near Drowning | Allison Samuels | August 9, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe admitted himself for testing and, while in the hospital, went into full cardiac arrest.
‘You’re a F—cking Liar’: Whitey Bulger and the FBI’s Sordid History | T.J. English | July 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTJames Gandolfini suddenly died Wednesday of a cardiac arrest at the age of 51.
R.I.P. James Gandolfini: 8 Wild Stories About the Making of ‘The Sopranos’ | Anna Klassen | June 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for cardiac arrest
failure of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in loss of consciousness and absence of pulse and breathing: a medical emergency requiring immediate resuscitative treatment
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Cultural definitions for cardiac arrest
See heart attack.
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