PATIENT CASE NO. 1 CASE DESCRIPTION: CARDIAC ARREST

The following sections are included:

• Presentation

• What Happens When the Heart Stops?

• Emergency Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• Anatomy of the Left Ventricle

• The Circulation of the Blood

• How Circulating Blood is Oxygenated; Gas Exchange

• Cyanosis — How Blue is Blue?

• Questions, 1:2

• Acid-Base Balance

• Questions, 1:3

• The Cause of the Heart Stopping

• The Electricity of Heart Muscle Cells

• What Happens When a Depolarisation Wave Passes Over a Ventricular Cell?

• How Do the Action Potentials of the Ventricular Cells Produce Electrical Potential Differences on the Surface of the Body?

• Questions, 1:4

• Different Types of Cardiac Arrest

• Excitation-Contraction Coupling

• Questions, 1:5