creator Alemayehu, Matti creator Bunce, Alex creator Jessica, Shaw creator Toe, Myint creator Untiveros, Gustavo creator Zhang, Caidi creator Jose, Jerry creator Butkovich, Paul creator Cosenza, Matthew creator Martin, Rebecca Sudden Cardiac Arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for an estimated 325,000 deaths each year according to the Heart Rhythm Foundation. Cardiac arrest is different from a typical heart attack because it involves a complete stopping of the heart. Brain injury is likely to occur if the cardiac arrest is untreated for more than 5 minutes and a person cannot be revived after 10 minutes of no action. This is because the arrest sets off a chain of metabolic reactions, which leads to swelling of the brain tissue. Cardiac arrest results in ischemia reperfusion injury, which is when circulation is restored and high levels of oxygen rich blood rushes back into the brain causing brain damage. Decreasing the metabolism of the victim may result in a decrease of ischemia reperfusion injury. Reducing the oxygen level that enters the body when the victim revives and slowly increasing this level may also reduce reperfusion injury. However, current procedures dictate that 100% oxygen be given to cardiac arrest victim. Submitted by Vishal Patel (vpatel87@iit.edu) on 2011-03-24T20:08:37Z No. of bitstreams: 6 Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Project Plan F08.pdf: 68225 bytes, checksum: 097e8bdf152b7b61be52f9d69ebbbf9f (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Poster F08.pdf: 503390 bytes, checksum: 796cecc46535baffcc5718b69bf3411a (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 MidTerm Presentation F08.pdf: 137539 bytes, checksum: e4af36dcf69dc49dc453f630b6f9d613 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final ReportF08.pdf: 564607 bytes, checksum: b031b6cb1166b061a8fea542cee7d5d0 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final Presentation F08.pdf: 720570 bytes, checksum: 6576fe961e716aba934f07cf08b96853 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Abstract F08.pdf: 60540 bytes, checksum: cff5572d883e33d01afd2f66552e8d75 (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by Charles Uth(uth@iit.edu) on 2011-03-25T14:49:35Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 6 Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Project Plan F08.pdf: 68225 bytes, checksum: 097e8bdf152b7b61be52f9d69ebbbf9f (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Poster F08.pdf: 503390 bytes, checksum: 796cecc46535baffcc5718b69bf3411a (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 MidTerm Presentation F08.pdf: 137539 bytes, checksum: e4af36dcf69dc49dc453f630b6f9d613 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final ReportF08.pdf: 564607 bytes, checksum: b031b6cb1166b061a8fea542cee7d5d0 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final Presentation F08.pdf: 720570 bytes, checksum: 6576fe961e716aba934f07cf08b96853 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Abstract F08.pdf: 60540 bytes, checksum: cff5572d883e33d01afd2f66552e8d75 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2011-03-25T14:49:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 6 Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Project Plan F08.pdf: 68225 bytes, checksum: 097e8bdf152b7b61be52f9d69ebbbf9f (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Poster F08.pdf: 503390 bytes, checksum: 796cecc46535baffcc5718b69bf3411a (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 MidTerm Presentation F08.pdf: 137539 bytes, checksum: e4af36dcf69dc49dc453f630b6f9d613 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final ReportF08.pdf: 564607 bytes, checksum: b031b6cb1166b061a8fea542cee7d5d0 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Final Presentation F08.pdf: 720570 bytes, checksum: 6576fe961e716aba934f07cf08b96853 (MD5) Assisting Cardiac Arrest Patients IPRO 319 Abstract F08.pdf: 60540 bytes, checksum: cff5572d883e33d01afd2f66552e8d75 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12 Deliverables 2008 2008-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/1674 en Cardiac Arrest Project deliverable born digital application/pdf In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access IPRO / Interprofessional Projects Program Illinois Institute of Technology Affiliated department