Cardiac arrest

The 31-year-old police officer injured with a naval flare in a confrontation with volleyball hooligans on Thursday night is in a medically induced coma, his doctors at Nikaia General State Hospital have said.

He remains in critical condition in intensive care following a second surgery on his thigh.

Every 45 seconds someone in Europe suffers a cardiac arrest - or in other words sudden cardiac death. In this situation, a quick response is especially important. Therefore, in most European countries, defibrillators have been installed in public places for years, which can save lives in an emergency. In Bulgaria, this happens at a much slower pace.

Four automatic external defibrillators are already operating at key stations in the subway

Cardiac arrest survivors were aware of what was going on around them while they were “dead” before being “brought back to life”

A 40-year-old man - a patient of UMBALSM "N. I. Pirogov" this afternoon. He tested positive for COVID-19 and died after a sudden cardiac arrest. The man was admitted to the hospital two days ago with symptoms of the new coronavirus in moderate condition. He was immediately diagnosed with bilateral pneumonia and later confirmed with COVID-19.

A 2-year-old boy remained on life support in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Thursday, with medical authorities saying that he was in critical condition.

The toddler was taken to hospital after going into cardiac arrest following an incident where he was reportedly found hanging by the neck from a curtain cord in his grandmother's home on Wednesday.

A local man from Paulton, England, has uploaded an emotional video after he attempted to resuscitate a motorcyclist after a road traffic accident in Somerset. The man, along with others, attempted to resuscitate the biker for an hour and a half before they had to stop. "Stopping CPR was the hardest thing I've ever done." Richard Howman states in his video.

A North Carolina man whose heart stopped for about 40 minutes has paid tribute to the emergency workers who brought him back from the dead.
John Ogburn, 36, suffered a cardiac arrest while working on his laptop near his Charlotte home on 26 June.
Two police officers who happened to be nearby began CPR on the father-of-three within a minute of the 911 call.