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  • n  absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
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  • EXCLUSIVE: OCCC guard dies alone at post after delay in getting him help
    A veteran Oahu Community Correctional Center sergeant died on the job Saturday night after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest, and prisons officials were delayed in getting him medical treatment because they couldn't find the key to get to his secured post.
    June 19, 2013 - Hawaii News Now
  • EXCLUSIVE: OCCC guard dies alone at post
    A veteran Oahu Community Correctional Center sergeant died on the job Saturday night after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest, and prisons officials were delayed in getting him medical treatment because they couldn't find the key to get to his secured post.
    June 19, 2013 - KFVE Honolulu
  • West Essex squad members aid cardiac arrest victim during game at Caldwell Oval
    CALDWELL - A 47-year-old man was revived by off-duty West Essex First Aid Squad members last week after he collapsed in cardiac arrest during a game at the Kiwanis Oval.
    June 18, 2013 - The Progress

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