Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA)

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the U.S., killing more than 400,000 people last year. Thats more than the total death rate for breast cancer, lung cancer, and HIV/AIDS combined. It is estimated that 95% of SCA victims die before reaching the hospital. During SCA, heart function ceases abruptly and without warning. When this occurs, the heart is no longer able to pump blood to the rest of the body. This is usually caused when the electrical impulses in the affected heart become abnormally rapid or chaotic, or both. These irregular heart rhythms are arrhythmias.
For individuals identified as at high risk of SCA, preventative treatments include both drug therapies and medical devices called implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs).
An ICD is a small electronic device that is implanted into your body. It monitors your heart rhythm and when you have arrhythmia it helps you heart return to its normal sinus rhythm. It has multiple functions. It works to correct a fast rhythm which is called ATP (antitachycardia pacing). If the ATP is unable to slow a fast rhythm, the ICD will give the heart a shock. Also, if there it senses a very fast irregular rhythm, it sends a strong shock to the heart to override the fast rhythm. These shocks can feel like a horse kicked you in the chest. All ICD's have pacemaker capabilities.

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[28jheiy]

@chocolulu123 Thats sad.. but good luck dude.. wish you luck in your speech.

[andie361]

@rocknrollfuelthesoul You and I need to bond, lol...I hate my ICD too, lol. I had a SCA 9 yrs ago they think from a medicine that I was on for A-fib...no way to know for sure it was the med so ICD it was. One time I jumped into a-fib and heart rate went sky high and I got shocked 12 times in 5 minutes :o(~ I've lived my life paranoid since and it sucks! That was 5 yrs ago.

[genevawilsonclassof1]

such a hard thing. SCA is just crazy. I know some one who was a really CLOSE friend of mine and he was only 13 when he passed peacefully in his sleep of SCA. May you rest in peace Andrew<3

[ilikethefan2]

@jaydarrow yea i know i was over going over board on that one but alot of people do die on there way there...srry about that

[jaydarrow]

@ilikethefan2

not true

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[ilikethefan2]

i go to a church called glory in southern california lake elsinore and i will help as much as possible...people should not die within 5 minutes, 95% die before they reach the hospital thats just upseting

[littmann03]

@kdmellor I see your point of view. But if my heart conked out I wouldn't give a toss how much I'd paid in taxes. I'd want a system that was there for me when I needed it - and would NOT destroy me financially to fix me up. It 's a bit like complaining about helping pay for the fire service when you've never had a fire, or the police force when you've never had a break in, or the coastguard when you never go to sea. These days seems we know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

[kdmellor]

Hey rocknrollfuelthesoul, you're forgetting to mention the 47% income tax rate that it takes to pay for that "free" medical care in Canada. I spent 6 months last year working in CA and out of my $108,000 gross pay, I paid a whopping $50,000 in taxes, to pay for medical care I never even used.

[chocolulu123]

I lost my cousin to cardiac arrest and im doing an english sppech about it next week