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Michael Jackson, 50, Dead From Cardiac Arrest
King of Pop Michael Jackson has died due to cardiac arrest. Reports indicate that paramedics responded to a 911 call from Jackson’s home, where they found him unconscious and not breathing.
News sources are reporting that CPR was administered in the ambulance on the way to UCLA Medical Center in an attempt to revive the failing Jackson, and reports have surfaced that Jackson was dead on arrival.
There have also been rumors that Jackson’s cardiac arrest was due to a heavy addiction to prescription painkillers.
While the terms heart attack and cardiac arrest are often used interchangeably, the two events are markedly different. During a heart attack, the muscle damage caused by a blood clot does not totally stop the heart from beating. It only slows or falters. However, during sudden cardiac arrest the entire heart suddenly stops pumping blood to the body.
Sudden cardiac arrest often strikes seemingly healthy people and stems from an electrical malfunction that causes the heart’s lower chambers to beat quickly and often chaotically. Contractions are so close together that the heart can’t relax enough to fill with blood, causing circulation to halt. Nearly 20 percent of deaths in the United States are due to cardiac arrest each year, and the survival rate for patients stricken by sudden cardiac arrest outside the hospital is only 5 percent, according to Harvard Medical School. A patient’s only hope for survival is to start CPR immediately, which needs to be followed by a jolt from a defibrillator to shock the heart back into a normal rhythm.
Warning signs of an impending heart attack or cardiac arrest include not only chest pain, but also numbness, pinching, prickling or uncomfortable sensations in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach. Other symptoms include: unexplained shortness of breath, sudden nausea or vomiting, lightheadedness or dizziness, unusual fatigue and a cold sweat. If you notice one or more of the signs in yourself or someone else, immediately call 911 or your local emergency number.
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