How to Use cardiac arrest in a Sentence

cardiac arrest

noun
  • To test the machine, the team caused cardiac arrest in anesthetized pigs.
    Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Kyodo News reports that the former prime minister is not conscious and appears to be in cardiac arrest.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 8 July 2022
  • Police were called to the Fogelsville home shortly after 2 p.m. Wednesday on a report of a man in cardiac arrest with a snake wrapped around his neck.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2022
  • An exact cause of death was not revealed, though the FDNY said paramedics responded to a call for cardiac arrest.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2022
  • Murphy went into cardiac arrest, and fellow backpackers performed CPR for more than an hour in an effort to save his life, according to the rescue team.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2022
  • First responders were called to the scene for a cardiac arrest and found the 54-year-old in his jacuzzi.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The child was rushed to the hospital in cardiac arrest.
    Chris Harris, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2022
  • How long has the patient been down (in cardiac arrest)?
    Dr. Michael Daignault, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2023
  • First responders were sent to the home on a call for cardiac arrest, the outlet said.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Sources say first responders rushed to his home on a call for a cardiac arrest.
    Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The death certificate lists leukemia and cardiac arrest as the causes of Williams’ death.
    Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
  • Sauer spent about a week in the I.C.U., then left the hospital 12 days after his cardiac arrest.
    Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Debbie Guzmán, his wife, said the cause of death, in a hospital, was cardiac arrest.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The game was the first rematch for the two teams since Jan. 2, when Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest on the field during the first quarter.
    Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The friend then realized that Adams was in sudden cardiac arrest, the suit says.
    Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
  • Sudden cardiac arrest is the No. 1 cause of death at school and claims the life of a student-athlete every three days.
    Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • One of the patients was in full cardiac arrest, but paramedics were able to restart the person’s pulse on the way to an area hospital, Prange said.
    Libor Janystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2022
  • The infant was found in a crib suffering cardiac arrest near the mother.
    Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Patients who took the drug were more than twice as likely to suffer cardiac arrest during the course of one of the studies.
    Daniella Diaz, CNN, 24 Aug. 2022
  • A year ago, the team’s best player, Christian Eriksen, nearly died on the field of cardiac arrest.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death for high school athletes.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2023
  • On March 21, a horse suffered cardiac arrest ahead of rehearsals.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in high school athletes.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Sources added that the emergency crew responded to a call of a person in cardiac arrest.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The cause was cardiac arrest, his son Morris Lawson 3rd said.
    Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 10 June 2024
  • Emergency crews responded to a call of a person in cardiac arrest, the sources said.
    John Santucci, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Woods suffered a cardiac arrest and lay motionless on the court.
    Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The last time these two teams faced each other, Bills safety Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The deaths of two civilians were confirmed, one from burns and the other from cardiac arrest, and one more firefighter died from an unspecified illness while on duty, over the weekend.
    Helena Alves and Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
  • But for decades, only about 10% of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital have been lucky enough to survive.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 14 Aug. 2024

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