{"id":146363,"date":"2019-02-21T12:21:24","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?post_type=school-college-post&p=146363"},"modified":"2019-02-21T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T18:22:31","slug":"power-possible-surviving-cardiac-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2019\/02\/power-possible-surviving-cardiac-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Possible: Surviving Cardiac Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

In observance of heart health month in February, we continue to highlight related success stories. In a recent incident, a young man in his 30s was playing pickup hockey in West Hartford when he collapsed at the rink. He received\u00a0immediate bystander CPR and defibrillation from a\u00a0public access defibrillator.\u00a0By the time EMS arrived, he was alert and talking.\u00a0He was then brought to UConn John Dempsey Hospital.<\/p>\n

This case is a great example of the American Heart Association\u2019s \u201cChain of Survival<\/a>\u201d system working as designed. The five links in the adult out-of-hospital Chain of Survival include: recognition of cardiac arrest and activation of the emergency response system, early cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with an emphasis on chest compressions, rapid defibrillation, basic and advanced emergency medical services, and advanced life support and post-cardiac arrest care.<\/p>\n

Through quick action and having access to the right resources, the patient was ensured a more positive outcome. Dr. Peter Schulman, the cardiologist who treated him initially, confirmed that the patient has right ventricular cardiomyopathy, which caused his cardiac arrest. Dr. Heiko Schmitt handled his follow-up care, and indicates that he continues to do well.<\/p>\n

The bystander heroes who did CPR, the town\u00a0hockey rink that had an AED available, the town of West Hartford\u2019s system that works to ensure availability of AEDs, and the patient care administered at UConn Health all came together to ensure good results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learn how the ‘out-of-hospital chain of survival’ system helped a young heart attack victim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":146365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1868],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[2010],"class_list":["post-146363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meds"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-15 08:16:42","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/146365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146363"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=146363"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=146363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}