Recommended strategies for prevention of avoidable cardiac arrests and inappropriate CPR attempts

Course Curriculum

This CME is an attempt at addressing your learning needs pertaining to the prevention of cardiac arrest as well as the prevention of futile CPR attempts. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) signify sudden cessation of cardiac activity with hemodynamic collapse, frequently caused by sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation. This occurs most often in patients with structural heart disease that may not have been previously diagnosed, particularly coronary heart disease (CHD).

Chapter 1 Recommended strategies for prevention of avoidable cardiac arrests and inappropriate CPR attempts

This tutorial by Dr K.K Agarwal gives knowledge of Recommended strategies for prevention of avoidable cardiac arrests and inappropriate CPR attempts

About the instructor

Dr. KK Aggarwal
Greater Kailash I, New Delhi, Delhi, India
President Heart Care Foundation of India and Group Editor in Chief MEDtalks

Recipient of Padma Shri, Vishwa Hindi Samman, National Science Communication Award and Dr B C Roy National Award, Dr Aggarwal is a physician, cardiologist, spiritual writer and motivational speaker. He is the Past President of the Indian Medical Association and President of Heart Care Foundation of India. He is also the Editor in Chief of the IJCP Group, Medtalks and eMediNexus