Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 4: Taking a step further in his resolve to serve the people and caring for humanity by bringing awareness about the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases Dr. Sushil Sharma (HOD Cardiology GMCH & SSH Jammu) today held a day long camp in collaboration with Mahajan Sabha at Panch Mandir Channi Himmat, Jammu.
Accompanied by a team of young doctors, paramedics and volunteers, Dr.Sushil Sharma examined people of the area for the prevalence of cardiac diseases and other health ailments. More than 300 people were screened, evaluated, diagnosed and free medicines were given as per the requirements.
While interacting with the patients Dr Sushil stated that More than 3.5 lacs deaths occur each year as a result of sudden cardiac arrest. SCA claims one life every two minutes, taking more lives each year than breast cancer, lung cancer, or AIDS. Sudden Cardiac Arrest is a medical emergency. If not treated immediately it causes sudden cardiac death. He underlined that the most common cause of SCA is a dangerous and abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF). In VF, the electrical signals that control the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles) become chaotic. This sends the ventricles into fibrillation, an extremely rapid and irregular quivering that cannot effectively pump blood to the body.
With fast, appropriate medical care survival is possible, administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treating with a Defibrillator -or even just compressions to the chest can improve the chances of survival, he elaborated further.
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