Look up: cardiac-arrest

1. Cardiac arrest
   means the heart has suddenly stopped beating. There is no pulse or breathing. The commonest cause is a chaotic electrical pattern caused by a ventricle or heart muscles being damaged or starved of oxygen. Causes include heart attack, severe blood loss, suffocation, electric shock, anaphylactic shock, drug overdose, and hypothermia.
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2. Cardiac arrest
   the sudden cessation of the heart's pumping action, possibly due to a heart attack, respiratory arrest, electrical shock, extreme cold, blood loss, drug overdose, or a severe allergic reaction
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3. Cardiac arrest
   Cessation of an effective heartbeat in which the heart is completely stopped or ceases to pump effectively
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4. Cardiac arrest
   Cardiac arrest: A medical emergency with absent or inadequate contraction of the left ventricle of the heart that immediately causes bodywide circulatory failure. The signs and symptoms include loss of consciousness; rapid shallow breathing progressing to apnea (absence of breathing); profoundly low...
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5. cardiac arrest
   This refers to the complete cessation of cardiac activity (heartbeat). ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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6. cardiac arrest
   sudden stoppage of effective heart action. Either the periodic impulses stop that should coordinate the heart muscle contractions, or ventricular fibrillation or flutter occurs. Ventricular fibrillation is the most common problem, usually along with severe coronary artery disease.
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7. cardiac arrest
   (CA) Type: Term Definitions: 1. complete cessation of cardiac activity either electric, mechanical, or both; may be purposely induced for therapeutic reasons. Synonyms: heart arrest
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8. CARDIAC ARREST
   Cessation of the heartbeat.
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9. Cardiac Arrest
   (film) `Cardiac Arrest` is a 1980 horror/thriller-film written and directed by Murray Mintz. Plot: The city of San Francisco is pushed into a state of terror and fear as a deranged murderer stalks the city. The police are baffled by the case and are lead to extremes by a lunatic whose ...
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10. Cardiac Arrest
    (TV series) `Cardiac Arrest` is a British medical drama series made by World Productions for BBC One and first broadcast between 1994 and 1996. The series was controversial due to its depiction of doctors, nurses, and the National Health Service. Creation: The series was created by Jed...
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11. Cardiac Arrest
    (album) `Cardiac Arrest` is the debut album by the funk/R&B band Cameo. Reception: The album performed reasonably well, reaching #16 on the R&B charts and contained the hit single "Rigor Mortis". Track listing: All tracks composed by Larry Blackmon; except where indic...
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12. Cardiac Arrest
    (song) "`Cardiac Arrest`" is a song by British band Madness from their third album 7 and other compilation album called Complete Madness . It spent 10 weeks in UK charts peaking at number 14.-->--> The song was written by Chas Smash and Chris Foreman and tells a story ...
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