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cardiac arrest
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cardiac arrest

Sudden failure of the pumping action of the heart. The victim loses consciousness and stops breathing. Without resuscitation, death follows within a few minutes. Most hospitals have cardiac arrest teams, specially trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and capable of an immediate response. If breathing and heartbeat are not restarted within three minutes, the brain is irreversibly damaged.



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The following day, 17 November 2000, Mr Brunt suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest.
On November 29, 2006, Smith developed severe chest pain and shortness of breath, suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and died.
in his only World Series, died of cardiopulmonary arrest Wednesday in Las Vegas.
 
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