what is heart beat rate during a heart attack and cardiac arrest?

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sir i want some range like 10-20 beats per minute or wen high is like 100-120 in heart attacks
After heart attack, the patient can have complications like:

# Sinus Tachycardia
# Ventricular Tachycardia
# Ventricular fibrillation
# Atrial Fibrillation and flutter
All the above can cause increased heart rates ranging from 100 to 300

# Complete Heart block
# Junctional rhythm
# Sinus bradycardia
In all the above the fall in heart rate range from 40 to60  (+ info)

What's the difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest?

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Its easy to think of it this way... a heart attack is when the hearts "plumbing " has a fault...ie a clot or something blocks the blood supply to your heart. Your heart still beats with a heart attack but one area will not be getting blood and that area can be damaged permanently.
A Cardiac Arrest happens because of an "electrical" issue when the beating of your heart has a problem. The rhythm will go crazy/wrong and then all activity in your heart stops...thats when you need CPR and defibrillators to get it working again. If you are not defibrillated within 5-10 minutes your survival chances are pretty poor.  (+ info)

can victim of cardiac arrest keep breathing while their heart stopped?

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a victim was beathing (irregularly) - does this mean their heart was active as well? what kind of activity could that be (VF, VT, asistole)?
Cardiac arrest by defination means that the heart has is not beating, so no blood is being circulated. Any of the rhythms you mentioned above can be the cause of cardiac arrest. VF and Asystole are always fatal if untreated. VT may or may not be depending on how fast it is, or if it degenerates to VF.

During cardiac arrest, the victim will stop breathing, but the presence of an occassional irregular looking breath in early seconds of an arrest may be noticed. In other words, just because a person seems to be breathing, doesn't mean he is not in cardiac arrest. This could be true only in the first few seconds of an arrest.

For all intensive purpose, speaking breathing stops with cardiac arrest. The purpose of a breath is to supply oxygen to the blood cells which will be carried to all parts of the body. If blood is not being moved around the body by the heart, oxygen is not being carried so any attempted breathing is useless.

Hope that helped.  (+ info)

What is the heart's normal rate during cardiac arrest?

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Actually you don't, that is why its arrest which mean seize, your heart stops whether for seconds or for minutes because of poor circulation of blood in and around the heart muscles.  (+ info)

Is is a good idea to keep heparin at home in case of heart attack/arrest?

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i dont want to wait for an ambulance that often comes too late....
Well first off Paramedics will not give someone having a heart attack heparin, at least those paramedics working in the field. It is just simply in no prehospital protocols I have ever seen. However I very much would recommend keeping baby aspirin in your home. Aslong as the person has no allegies to it, or have any bleeding problems, then if a person takes 324mg (4 chewable baby aspirin) during a heart-attack, it very well may save their life. This, as well as taking a 12-lead EKG (A special picture of your heart's electrical activity that can tell if you are having a heart attack) and giving nitroglycerin, oxygen, and possibly morphine is what Paramedics would give to a patient having a heart-attack.
So as a review, Heparin- no!, Aspirin-yes (if you have no contraindications) ;-)  (+ info)

this is probably a silly question .. but what is the diffence between a cardiac arrest and a heart attack ?

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ive read a small bit and know there's a difference but i cant understand what it is ?
Yes there is a difference between a heart attack and a cardiac arrest. Many people don't realise this. A cardiac arrest happens when the heart stops pumping blood around the body so not enough oxygen reaches the tissues of the body. This generally happens because of a disturbance in the normal heart rhythm, most commonly ventricular fibrillation.

A heart attack occurs when the heart is deprived of oxygen, which results in heart muscle death. This usually happens when the arteries of the heart become fully or partially blocked. If blood supply is cut off for long enough or blood supply is completely blocked, this can result in a cardiac arrest. But one can have a heart attack without having an abnormal rhythm and cardiac arrest.  (+ info)

Medical Question : what is the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest?

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i heard that michael jackson had CARDIAC ARREST but isnt that the same as a heart attack
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What does your heart actually do when you have cardiac arrest, say...due to a car crash?

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Your heart either stops beating or goes into V-fib which means it is no longer beating normally and is not sending blood through your system.
This is a medical emergency and if the heart is not restarted within about 5 minutes chances of survival are very very low. CPR must be started immediately if there is to be any hope of the patient survivng with no complications.

I survived with no complications because I had my arrests in the ICU and was shocked almost immediately with the defibrillators and then kept under an icy blanket for a few days to lower my core temperature .  (+ info)

Is cardiac arrest a medical term for heart attack?

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The medical term for a heart attack is a myocardial infarction. This is a complete blockage of blood flow to an area of the heart, causing heart cells to die. http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+heart+attack&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

A cardiac arrest is when the heart stops beating, this may or may not be due to a heart attack.http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+cardiac+arrest&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a  (+ info)

Will TASERING someone who is having Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) jumpstart their heart again?

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Electrical stimulation towards the chest should work right?
Probably not, and here's why:

- Most tasers only deliver 0.5 joules or less (with high voltage), whereas defibrillators (devices used to shock the heart during cardiac emergencies) start at 200 joules. So there is a big difference between the type and amount of electricity calculated for incapacitation versus defibrillation.

- Placement of the electrodes is important. In order to defibrillate the heart of a person experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, the heart is supposed to be "sandwiched" between the electrodes or paddles so that the electricity passes through the heart along particular pathways.

Good question : )  (+ info)

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