A 44-year-old member asked:
Is cardiac arrest a painful way to go?
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Dr. Robert Vogt Lowellanswered
Specializes in Pediatric Cardiology
Maybe: If cardiac arrest is the result of infarction the angina associated with the event can be painful. If cardiac arrest is due to an arrhythmia you might pass out before noticing what even happened. In between these two extremes there is a huge range of symptoms.
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Dr. Michael Depietroanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 37 years experience
No: People who experience cardiac arrest usually lose consciousness very rapidly so in general would not feel a lot of pain.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Is having a cardiac arrest a painful way to die?
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Dr. Anatoly Belilovskyanswered
Pediatrics 37 years experience
Not particularly.: It's more like a fainting spell without recovery.
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A 21-year-old female asked:
Does cardiac arrest hurt in any way ?
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Dr. Wojciech Skrzypiecanswered
Pulmonary Critical Care 38 years experience
By itself - NO: Cardiac arrest leed to stoping in blood flow and this result in unconsciousness. There can be pain just before depending on the cause of cardiac arrest ( massive heart attack ) or after cardiac arrest due to successful resuscitation efforts.
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