In the event of cardiac arrest or heart attack, speed and quick treatment are essential. At Flagstaff Medical Center, providing comprehensive and timely cardiac care is a key priority. As a designated Cardiac Arrest Center, FMC offers cutting-edge technology, top pre-hospital emergency medical services and skilled physicians available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. FMC’s Cardiac Arrest Center utilizes not only staff and physician expertise in the Cardiac Catheterization Labs and Intensive … [Read more...] about Surviving a Cardiac Arrest
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Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
There are areas in the heart called pacemakers that send electrical signals to the rest of the heart, setting the speed or pace of the heartbeat. These pacemakers speed the heart up during exercise or hard work and slow it down again during rest. If natural pacemakers are injured or fail to do their job, a miniature medical device called a cardiac pacemaker can be implanted in the chest wall. What is the Body’s Natural Pacemaker? The heart's "natural" pacemaker is called the … [Read more...] about Pacemakers Improving and Saving Lives
