How to detect the warning signs of sudden cardiac arrest
The majority of sudden cardiac arrests are not sudden. In fact, the warning signs and symptoms can begin to show up to two weeks before cardiac arrest takes place.
This is evidenced by research into 28,955 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests over a 13 year period. Researchers found that over 57 percent of these SCA victims contacted either a doctor or hospital at least a fortnight before their arrest, with an escalation of contact from 3% to 7% in the week before the...> More
