This chest tightness can change from day to day, and/or from moment to moment. All of the above combinations and variations are common. This type of chest tightness is commonly misconstrued as heart problems or the signs of a heart attack.
Cardiac arrest, also known as cardiopulmonary arrest or circulatory arrest, is a sudden stop in effective blood circulation due to the failure of the heart to contract effectively or at all. Medical personnel may refer to an unexpected cardiac arrest as a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).
Posted on February 17, 2015. CPR and AED training are two different steps in the process of saving the life of someone suffering from cardiac arrest. The acronym âCPRâ stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which is the act of repeatedly compressing a personâs chest in order to keep their blood pumping throughout their body.