InsideCardiacArrest.com is a website presented to you by St. Jude Medical as a platform to educate its visitors on the condition known as ‘Sudden Cardiac Arrest.  By using video streaming as its main platform the site aims to teach people how to understand the facts behind the condition better known as  ‘Sudden Cardiac Arrest‘ (Heart Attack),  in the hope that it can help prevent the visitor from becoming one of the growing statistics that suffer from this life threatening condition.

Dr. Charles Machell of St. Jude Medical narrates you through two videos on the condition, which he does with clarity, and in a simple to understand way that most would appreciate.  The videos cover everything from the risk factors, treatments and therapies, together with other helpful information about your heart.   Using statistical analysis provided by the American Heart Association Dr. Machell opens your eyes to the sheer scale of the problem of sudden cardiac arrest, and how over 300,000 people a year in the United States alone are subject to this condition, which if you catch it in time can be treated quite effectively.

There are two videos on the website, the first is on how SCA occurs and why, who is at risk, and what types of therapy might be needed to avoid this happening, the second video focuses on the heart itself and how the heart works.  Dr. Machell explains to you who is likely to be more at risk and why, he does this in a non frightening manner, which in the mind of the patient is important because a little information can be dangerous, but in this case the knowledge imparted could actually save your life.  You can always tell when something has been explained well because you ‘remember’ what was being discussed and that is certainly the case with this website presentation.  The clear narration combined with simple and easy to understand graphical illustrations make it easy to understand exactly what’s being discussed here.

The website and the presentations it offers are designed to lead you to understand that despite the fact there is an increasing number of the American population that become victims of sudden cardiac arrest there are effective treatments available.  One of these treatments is provided by St. Jude Medical by the way of what can be termed as pacemakers of the heart.   By viewing the first video of what the primary cause of SCA is you’ll have learnt that its primarily down to irregularities with the heartbeat.   Its this irregularity of the hearts natural beat that has been the primary focus of St. Jude Medical’s work on preventing SCA.

St. Jude Medical have developed devices that are designed to provide ventricular antiachycardia pacing and ventricular defibrillation for automated treatment of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, (In simpler terms, St. Jude Medical have developed a way to regulate the heart in a way that should prevent these irregularities). Throughout the site and in the first video presentation you’ll learn how this is achieved and how a fairly simple procedure can effectively reduce the risk of suffering an SCA.

This isn’t a hard sell by St. Jude Medical, its an informative site that goes to great lengths to provide its visitors with the chance to learn all about the condition and who is more likely at risk.  The site makes sure that it emphasizes that even though it is clearly an authority on the heart condition they still make sure of recommending that you always seek the advice of your physician if your feel you fall into the category that might need medical intervention with the types of devices offered by St. Jude Medical.

Take some time to browse the site, you’ll see that it does nothing more than offer as much advice as possible on the facts behind this much overlooked medical phenomenon.  Read the patient stories they’re not just eye openers, they are down right inspirational.  What was once viewed as pretty much a terminal situation you’d find yourself in if you were one of the growing number who fall victim to these conditions is now a whole different story.  There is help,there is a way forward for you, and in most situations the stories provided on this site are testimony to the fact that with the help of facilities like St. Jude Medical and the innovative treatments on offer there is no reason why you can’t lead a perfectly normal life as you did before falling victim to sudden cardiac arrest.

InsideCardiacArrest.com has capitalized on the power of the Internet in its simplistic, yet highly informative approach to providing education on the heart and related conditions together with the treatments available and typifies the advances made not only in medicine but in the way education on medical conditions and treatments can now be taken to the public, who until now had no other avenue other than ignorance, or an often unwanted visit to the physician.  It’s on that note that we have to state that as excellent a resource we found this site we have to echo their disclaimer that the information provided here is no substitute for your own physician, and if in doubt check it out.

A truly excellent resource.