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Recognizing the signs of cardiac arrest

Recognizing the signs of cardiac arrest

Signs appear before cardiac arrest, in one case out of two. Knowing how to identify them can save your life.

50% of cardiac arrest victims had experienced one or more warning symptoms one day before the event, according to US research involving 3,000 people. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)00875-9/abstract

Certain warning signs of cardiac arrest occur in both sexes: a feeling of oppression or crushing of the rib cage, palpitations, malaise, dizziness or vertigo. They may be followed by loss of consciousness. These warning signs are less easily diagnosed in women, who pay less attention to their own health than to that of their loved ones.

In men, the most frequent symptoms are chest pains, sometimes intense.

In women, they may be more atypical: shortness of breath, digestive signs (nausea and stomach pain), extreme fatigue on exertion, epigastric discomfort, anxiety...

Let's listen to the messages our body sends us

 
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