Cardiac Arrest

A woman died after going into cardiac arrest after she was arrested in Essex on Friday night, police said. Baltimore County police were called to the 2000 block of Eastern Blvd. near North Hawthorne Road in Essex at about 9 p.m. for reports of a suspicious person. When the officers arrived on the scene, they approached the woman, who then tried to stab an officer, according to police. She was then placed under arrest. While under arrest, the woman went into cardiac arrest and was taken to Franklin Square Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead, police said.

The mood Tuesday inside Pickles Pub, across from Camden Yards, matched the gray rainy weather. As noontime regulars ate their lunch and quietly caressed glasses of beer amid the low-key chatter and music playing in the background, something clearly was wrong. Mick Kipp, their favorite bartender, co-worker, cook, spice maker, friend and genuine all-around character, was missing. Michael D. "Mick" Kipp, the stuntman-turned-bartender known for his zest for life and his colorful chili-pepper-decorated kilts, bandannas and earring, died Sunday from cardiac arrest at his Annapolis home.

Like many veteran marathoners, Bob Pohl always had an eye on the clock. "I used to tell my wife that if I drop in a race to stop my watch because I don't want to go to the hereafter with a bad time," he said. "The joke was funnier before. " The 55-year-old Marriottsville runner did collapse during a race. He was about 200 feet from the finish line of the Baltimore half-marathon on Oct. 15 when a blockage in a main artery stopped his blood from flowing - and his heart from beating.

A 20-year-old man was taken to a local hospital in grave condition Tuesday evening after an incident at Pier One on Old Philadelphia Road in Aberdeen, Harford County fire officials said. It was unclear how the incident occurred, but it was originally reported as an accident involving a piece of machinery, according to Rich Gardiner, spokesman for the Harford County Volunteer Fire and EMS Association. The accident may have been secondary, however, he said. Gardiner did not have additional information available around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Although it receives less publicity than many medical conditions, sudden cardiac arrest accounts for 310,000 deaths in the U.S. every year, or about 850 deaths a day, according to the American Heart Association. But death from sudden cardiac arrest can be prevented by using a simple device called an AED, or automatic external defibrillator, says Dr. Stephen Pollock, chief of the cardiology division at St. Joseph Medical Center. What is sudden cardiac death? Sudden cardiac death is the result of a lethal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation.

Among the 74 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period Oct. 14-21 were the following: Greystone Road, 1200 block, 11:57 p.m. Oct. 17. Crews responded to the report of person going into cardiac arrest in Arbutus and transported a critically ill person to a local hospital. Highridge Street, 5400 block, 9:12 p.m. Oct 17. Crews responded to the report of a person having fallen in Arbutus and transported a seriously injured person to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

A 95-year-old great-grandmother was reported in critical condition late last night at St. Agnes HealthCare after suffering a cardiac arrest during a fire that extensively damaged her Southwest Baltimore home, authorities said. Firefighters rescued the unnamed woman from a second-floor room of her burning brick rowhouse in the first block of Bernice Ave. in the Carroll-South Hilton community shortly after 8 p.m. after several other family members had escaped unhurt, authorities said. More than 40 firefighters manning 12 pieces of apparatus brought the fire under control shortly before 9 p.m. Its cause was under investigation.

An unidentified 20-year-old man died yesterday of a heart attack after being stabbed on a West Baltimore street, police said. The death has been ruled a homicide by police, who did not identify the victim because his family had not been notified. The man was stabbed in the side by an unknown assailant after the two briefly fought in the 1000 block of N. Calhoun St. about 6:15 p.m., police said. The victim staggered, fell to the street and suffered cardiac arrest, police said. He was transported to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Howard County police were investigating a fatal car accident in which an Owings Mills man suffered cardiac arrest after driving the wrong way on U.S. 40 in Ellicott City. About 1:15 p.m. Friday, Edward Pfrang, 56, made a wrong turn in his Honda Civic on U.S. 40, near Valley Lane, and traveled westbound in the eastbound lanes, police said. The Honda sideswiped a Lexus, continued westbound and hit a Toyota Camry head-on, police said. Pfrang, of the first block of Wengate Court in Owings Mills, went into cardiac arrest after the collision, police said.

Jenna Miller agreed to marry her longtime boyfriend, Benjamin Woods, just months after he rescued her from near-certain death by performing CPR when she experienced a sudden cardiac arrest. But on Jan. 8, two weeks after their first wedding anniversary, her heart gave out again, and she died as Woods held her in his arms. Miller — with her fiery red hair, bright smile and plans to help others — died at age 26 of cardiac arrest brought on by a decade of binge-eating and purging.

Inside a classroom at Howard Community College's new health sciences building are computerized mannequin patients, a replica ambulance and other devices that place students in simulated life-and-death situations. The facilities are part of the school's emergency medical service/paramedic program, which trains students to respond to the situations they'll face on emergency calls. But for Cory Boone and Nick Frazier, there's nothing like the real thing. They would know. Early this year, the Ellicott City residents, both students in the program, applied the skills they learned in class and while volunteering with the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue to assist victims of cardiac arrest.

State health officials have suspended surgical abortion procedures at three clinics, including one in Baltimore where a patient suffered cardiac arrest and later died at a hospital. The physician who performed the abortion at Associates in OB/GYN Care LLC on North Calvert Street wasn't certified in CPR and a defibrillator at the facility did not work, state officials said in a letter Friday to the General Assembly. Although the cardiac arrest was caused by underlying health conditions and not the abortion, investigators found that it raised questions whether doctors at the clinic can handle an abortion that goes wrong.

Among the 74 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fire Department received during the period Oct. 14-21 were the following: Greystone Road, 1200 block, 11:57 p.m. Oct. 17. Crews responded to the report of person going into cardiac arrest in Arbutus and transported a critically ill person to a local hospital. Highridge Street, 5400 block, 9:12 p.m. Oct 17. Crews responded to the report of a person having fallen in Arbutus and transported a seriously injured person to University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

Bernard J. "B.J. " Land, a Coca-Cola executive and physical fitness buff who coached youth soccer and lacrosse teams, died Monday of a cardiac arrest at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Hunt Valley resident had recently celebrated his 53rd birthday. Family members said that Mr. Land, who was known as "B.J.," had returned Sept. 2 after a long bike ride and suffered a cardiac arrest that was caused by coronary artery disease, which he was unaware that he suffered from. He remained in a coma until his death.

An accident at Rosedale Industrial Park claimed the life of a 31-year-old city man Tuesday. Jonathan Magill of the 3500 block of Noble Street was pinned underneath the rear of a tractor trailer shortly after 2:30 p.m. The mechanic was working on the truck, with other employees at Eastern Truck and Trailer Corporation, when the trailer fell on him. Rescue crews arrived at 2:48 p.m. to the scene in the 7500 block of Lake Drive and extricated the victim from...

Do it! Do it! Do it! Move! Move! Move! Just do it! That could be a taste of what you get if you head over to Baltimore's Center Plaza at lunch today (Tuesday March 27) to work out with the guy who trains the Baltimore Ravens. Monte Sanders will be leading a free workout from noon to 1 p.m. in the plaza. It's sponsored by Downtown Partnership for Diabetes Alert Day. Sure, it's a little chilly out there today. But hey, maybe you won't sweat so much. If you go, there will also be people on hand from area hospitals -- not in case you go into cardiac arrest from Mr. Sanders -- to offer tips about healthy eating.

A new method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, may significantly increase the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest, according to the first large study of the technique in hospitalized patients.The technique being tested alternates compressions of the chest with compressions of the abdomen to maintain blood flow to the heart and brain. Standard CPR uses compressions of the chest only. Both methods also employ mechanically assisted breathing or mouth-to-mouth breathing.

WASHINGTON -- Former White House Press Secretary James S. Brady was taken to a suburban Washington hospital yesterday morning after suffering cardiac arrest while receiving dental treatment.He was listed in critical condition last night, but a hospital official said doctors were "very hopeful" that he would recover.Mr. Brady gave his name to the nation's anti-gun crusade after he struggled to recover from devastating wounds inflicted during the 1981 assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.

Thank you so much for bringing to your readers' attention the problem of sudden cardiac arrest with your front page story ("Team effort saves Baltimore runner," Nov. 9) on Robert Pohl's cardiac arrest near the completion of the Baltimore Half Marathon. Congratulations to those who saved his life and best wishes to him for a long life. Although the article nicely stressed the fact that only a tiny fraction of victims of sudden cardiac arrest survive, and that a rapid sequence of recognition of the problem, CPR, and defibrillation with an automatic external defibrillator can result in saves, the paragraph about cardiac arrest being a rare event simply is not true.

Baltimore Running Festival organizers draped a finisher's medal on Bob Pohl's neck Thursday, nearly four weeks after he collapsed at the finish line of the half marathon and was saved by bystanders and medical personnel. Just before the end of the 13.1-mile race, Pohl, 55, suffered cardiac arrest, an uncommon condition among racers but one that is often deadly. Two runners have died in the 11-year history of the festival. "We had a lot of luck on our side," said Lee Corrigan, president of race organizers Corrigan Sport Enterprises, before handing over a medal for the half-marathon and another one for a race Pohl completed in Frederick.