How to Use cardiac arrest in a Sentence

cardiac arrest

noun
  • Her clots led to a stroke, and three days later, to cardiac arrest.
    — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • Sources say first responders rushed to his home on a call for a cardiac arrest.
    — Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2023
  • At some point, he was placed on a backboard and went into cardiac arrest.
    — oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Jason had a cardiac arrest while riding his bike eight years ago.
    — Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The strike hit her car and then her, sending her into cardiac arrest.
    — Joshua Cole, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • Doctors still do not know what caused Mark's cardiac arrest.
    — Conor McGill, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • She and her team were called to a home in August and found a man in cardiac arrest.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 19 Feb. 2025
  • To test the machine, the team caused cardiac arrest in anesthetized pigs.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 Aug. 2022
  • It’s sometimes used for people who have a cardiac arrest.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
  • What were the odds of him coming back from his cardiac arrest, and scoring a clutch goal right away?
    — Sam Joseph, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The civil suit alleges the child died from cardiac arrest.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
  • The driver was in cardiac arrest when he was pulled out of the water, police said.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 12 June 2026
  • First responders were sent to the home on a call for cardiac arrest, the outlet said.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2023
  • His death comes just two weeks after a man in his 40s died of cardiac arrest on the same trail.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 9 June 2026
  • In the next room, a little girl of Iman’s age had gone into cardiac arrest.
    — Seema Jilani, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death for high school athletes.
    — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2023
  • So that would cause him, having cardiac arrest in the mudroom, to collapse right there.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The man later went into cardiac arrest and died from his injuries.
    — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • His preliminary cause of death has been ruled as a cardiac arrest.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The cause was cardiac arrest, said a son-in-law, Brian Neville.
    — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Green Smith went into cardiac arrest and died days later.
    — Bracey Harris, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Four of the West Point cadets, all men, were found in cardiac arrest in the rental home's front yard.
    — NBC News, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Heard died in 2017 from cardiac arrest at the age of 71.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 23 June 2026
  • Firefighters found an adult in cardiac arrest and a kitchen fire inside one of the apartment units.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • First responders were called to the scene for a cardiac arrest and found the 54-year-old in his jacuzzi.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The infant was found in a crib suffering cardiac arrest near the mother.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The day after that, a doctor called to say Williams had gone into cardiac arrest.
    — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 24 June 2020
  • Kang suffered a cardiac arrest at her home in Seoul on Thursday.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 7 May 2022
  • The friend then realized that Adams was in sudden cardiac arrest, the suit says.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
  • The next night, Scarlett went into cardiac arrest.
    — Mark Marino, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026

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