Cardiac Arrest Overview

The heart structure consists of 3 main layers, what are they?

Which structure of the heart is composed of cardiac muscle fibres, which enable cardiac contractions?

A cardiac arrest can be simply defined as what?

On average, within how many seconds of cardiac arrest will a patient become unconscious?

Within cardiac arrest, on average, brain cells begin to die from how many minutes?

Within cardiac arrest, on average, brain cell injury can begin from how many minutes?

Within cardiac arrest, on average, significant brain injury and death would have occurred from how many minutes?

What 4 elements make up the chain of survival in the cardiac arrest context?

NHS Ambulance Services attempt resuscitation in approximately how many people each year?

Within the UK, in which environment do most cardiac arrests occur?

Within out of hospital adult cardiac arrest, what is the most common aetiology?

Within out of hospital adult cardiac arrest, the initial rhythm is shockable in approximately how many cases

Within out of hospital adult cardiac arrest, bystander CPR is attempted in how many cases?

When resuscitation is attempted, fewer than how many patients survive to hospital discharge following out of hospital cardiac arrest? 

There is evidence of health inequalities in the incidence of cardiac arrest, bystander CPR, and distribution of public access defibrillators, True or False?