Nevertheless, outcomes from cardiac arrest remain poor even when the arrest occurs in the hospital setting, where necessary equipment and adequately trained personnel are readily available. Reported survival rates are 3% to 10%,2,3 although the increasing availability of early defibrillation improves these rates.
Keeping this in consideration, can you recover from multiple cardiac arrests?
The present case illustrates that a good neurologic recovery can be achieved following multiple cardiac arrests and prolonged CPR for a massive pulmonary embolism. The use of ECMO in such case is believed to reduce the mortality rate and increase the likelihood of survival with good neurological outcomes.
Likewise, what happens after multiple cardiac arrests?
Most people who experience cardiac arrest do not survive. Among those who do, there is risk of neurologic dysfunction, brain injury, disorders of consciousness, neurocognitive deficits, changes in quality of life, as well as physical and psychological wellbeing.