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Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to…

Hannah left behind four children days before Christmas after being promised a 'blue light response'

So far more than 23,000 people have signed the online petition, which means the UK Government will need to offer an official response.

Darrel Wilson, from Stoke-on-Trent, says he's lost faith in the NHS after having a cardiac arrest - he is now urging others who fear for their lives to get a taxi

Typically, people lose kidney function by about 1% a year after age 50. If you have a decline in kidney function faster than the regular rate associated with aging, you are in trouble.

Darrel waited through the night after suffering chest pains and his wife eventually had to drive him to hospital, where he went into cardiac arrest

The proposal has received more than 23,500 signatures of support.

Darryl Wilson 54, was experiencing chest pains and a shortness of breath when his wife Debbie phoned 999. After waiting eight hours for an ambulance she drove him to hospital where he went into cardiac arrest.

Using health data gathered from 11,255 adults over a 30-year period, researchers analyzed links between serum sodium levels - which go up when fluid intake goes down - and various indicators of health. Read on for details: