All news on the topic: Cardiac arrest

Dayana Loy de Oliveira Freire has died at just 25-years-old after she had a cardiac arrest while getting liposuction in Goiânia, Brazil, following complications during surgery

Jack Barnes died seven weeks after being restrained by four men who were staff members subcontracted by Metrolink public transport staff on the Manchester tram system

St John Ambulance welcomed Mirror writer Amber O'Connor to observe a first aid training course, where she learned a range of life-saving skills including some she didn't realise she was lacking

There are more than 30,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the UK each year and with survival rates so low, cardiac nurse Chloe MacArthur has provided step-by step instructions if a medical emergency occurs

The signs of cardiac arrest can show up very differently for women, research has now revealed. Here are the signs you should look out for.

Taylor Wilson, from Brierley Hill, West Midlands, shows off his impressive CPR skills, which his aunty, of West Midlands Ambulance Service, taught him so he's ready to act

Women will feel breathless in the day before, whereas men will feel chest pains, according to a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Actor Shiv Grewal went into cardiac arrest and 'died' for seven minutes - since his recovery he has started painting what he saw in the afterlife

Staffordshire PC Jack Reay, 26, went into cardiac arrest while on holiday with friends in Mallorca, with tributes describing him as a "ray of sunshine who was popular with his colleagues"

Karen Sutton lost her husband of 13 years, Simon, in September 2016 - but has now found a new relationship, and is helping others who have been through the same grief she has

Katrina O'Neill, then 29, had been playing baseball when she suddenly went into cardiac arrest - leaving her on the brink of death as she was starved of oxygen for a terrifying 22 minutes

Ian Downs has backed a campaign by Recycle Your Electricals which is designed to ultimately save lives thanks to the creation of new healthcare equipment - like defibrillators

John Walker described Detective Constable Paddy Little and Police Constable Jonathan Buckster, of Northumbria Police and Durham Constabulary respectively, as "angels" after they, and armed officers, dashed to his aid

Melissa Kinsella, from Moreton in Merseyside, was just 30 when she tragically suffered a fatal heart attack while on holiday with her partner and their three kids in Antalya, Turkey

Sean Doyle, 55, suffered a cardiac arrest at Greenhead Park in Huddersfield and received CPR from his GP Dr Emma Spencer and a nurse Dinah Coogan before paramedic Kate Young arrived

Parents of Lucuis Corry, from Belfast, are desperate for answers to understand how their five-year-old son who had Down Syndrome suddenly collapsed and died from a cardiac arrest

A cardiac arrest is the ultimate medical emergency, where the heart stops beating and a patient is clinically dead - but over a quarter think it is the same as a heart attack

'Fit and healthy' Robert Golding was just 29 and weeks away from walking down the aisle when he died suddenly of sudden unexplained cardiac arrest, leaving family and loved ones devastated

A British mum is in a coma in Hungary after collapsing on a dream holiday with her partner. The family of senior NHS nurse Kerstie Metcalf is trying to raise funds to get her home

Police in Vermont said an investigation into the incident was ongoing and police were working with country prosecutors to review the case

On-site medics treated him immediately before an ambulance rushed him to the city's University General Hospital, where he later died. His cause of death was given as a cardiac arrest

The Essex pupil, named locally as Kayla Ere, was described as a "lovely student" who "impacted so many lives" in heartbreaking tributes shared by her family and school

Over half of Brits don't know how to perform CPR, and 45% admit they wouldn't be able to recognise the signs of a cardiac arrest

Greta Dyrmishi had been working for airline Air Albania when she fainted and died in December - her untimely passing was found to be caused by sudden adult death syndrome

Thomas Maxwell, 65 was found unresponsive on the floor of his him in Pinellas County, Florida, US, but his daughter, Phebe Maxwell, insisted he was still alive