When Michael Jackson was taken to the UCLA Medical Center last week, he had the best chance around for being revived. The center is known for literally bringing patients that have died back to life. Apparently one doctor at the center “has pioneered a way to revive people that most doctors would have long written off, including a woman whose heart had stopped for 2 1/2 hours.”

They tested their technique on cardiac patients who, with any other hospital, would most likely die. The results were amazing, with an 80% survival rate. However, patients needed very quick …read more

If you had to choose between cardiac arrest and heart attack, you’d choose heart attack. Some people are wrongly saying Michael Jackson died of a heart attack, but that’s incorrect. Cardiac arrest and heart attack aren’t interchangeable terms.

While immediate medical attention is important for heart attacks, it’s even more critical for cardiac arrest. That’s because cardiac arrest involves the sudden loss of heart function. The heart stops beating and may have uncoordinated contractions.
According to the American Heart Association, “brain death and permanent death start to occur in just 4 to 6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest.” That’s not a …read more