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Does surviving a cardiac arrest put you at risk for another occurance?

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Robert O'Connor
Professor & Chair-Department of Emergency Medicine, UVA Health System
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu  
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The Emergency Medicine team is the first contact with the University Health System.  Approximately 61,000 patients come through our doors each year and over 15,000 are admitted for additional care to the hospital.

The 41 bed Emergency Department (ED) is located in the University of Virginia Hospital, a level-l trauma center.

Does surviving a cardiac arrest put you at risk for another occurance?

In this video, Dr. Robert O'Connor, professor & chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Virginia Health System, discusses whether surviving a heart attack puts the victim at risk for another occurrence.

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Host: Does surviving a cardiac arrest put you at risk for another occurrence?

Robert O'Connor: In general with most patients who survive cardiac arrest unless there is a reversible cause, they will receive a permanent defibrillator. At least, they should be evaluated for one. The one exception would be if someone suffers cardiac arrest, they come to the hospital and or found to have blockage of one of the coronary arteries, the cardiologist then opens the artery and blood flow appears to be normalize again, then they probably will not need a defibrillator because the cause has been identified and treated.

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