CARDIAC ARREST CONVERSATIONS #3
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TOPIC: The Heart-Brain Connection in Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Owing to advancements in prehospital response and critical care during the last decade, cardiac arrest diagnosis and intervention occurs earlier and treatment is more successful today than ever before. Although survivorship has increased, many people remain debilitated due to varying degrees of neurocognitive and psychosocial impairment due to lack of oxygen to the brain during the arrest. Recent research has shown that two-thirds of cardiac arrest survivors suffer from cognitive deficits, particularly memory, planning, problem solving, and attention, two-thirds experience anxiety and depression, one-third develop post-traumatic symptoms and only half of survivors return to work. The family members of SCA survivors also experience similar psycho-social disturbances leading to an overall reduction in quality of life. Cardiac arrest survivors are truly both cardiac AND brain injury survivors - join us to talk about this important topic in the third installment of Cardiac Arrest Conversations!
Sponsored by the Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) - www.canroc.org