Treatment for Cardiac Arrest

The most common method to treat cardiopulmonary arrest is defibrillation. With the help of a defibrillator, your heart starts behaving normally. There are external defibrillators available, which you find in emergency crews. It can also be implanted in your body to give you a much better protection. Recent study has come to the conclusion that patients of cardiac arrest given hypothermia instantly have a much better chance of surviving. Hypothermia involves cooling of the body and it reduces the intensity of brain injury.