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cardiac arrest
noun
- abrupt cessation of heartbeat.
cardiac arrest
noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of cardiac arrest1
Example Sentences
Mother-of-two Janet Lynne Savage from Bangor in Gwynedd suffered damage to one of her main arteries during the procedure, going into cardiac arrest.
Nearly nine years later, Bradley, from Whitby, died at Scarborough General Hospital in last month after going into cardiac arrest.
Bradley died on 22 October after going into cardiac arrest.
"It is obviously going to be a shock to see someone have a cardiac arrest, but people can see how not to panic and also what to do, whether it's with life-saving CPR or with a defibrillator, because they have seen it on TV."
An ambulance arrived at her address within 11 minutes - which is within the target for a category one incident such as a cardiac arrest - but Mrs Donnelly's husband Damien told BBC News NI it was initially blocked from accessing the road.
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