FOUNDATION INITIATIVE FOR REDUCING VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO.

>> CHICAGOANS ARE DYING FROM CARDIAC ARREST AT INCREASINGLY YOUNGER AGES.

THAT'S ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO.

THE STUDY FOUND THE AVERAGE AGE FOR CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL FELL FROM 64 TO 62 YEARS OLD.

THAT NUMBER DROPS EVEN LOWER FOR BLACK CHICAGOANS PROMPTING RESEARCHERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO REMIND RESIDENTS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.

JOINING US NOW WITH MORE ARE WITH A COASTAL A DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO AND LEAD AUTHOR OF THE STUDY.

DOCTOR BYRNE AN EMERGENCY MEDICINE PHYSICIAN AT YOU, CHICAGO MEDICINE AND COURTNEY SHIREEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ILLINOIS HEART RESCUE.

THANKS TO ALL 3 OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

DOCTOR FOCAL.

LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE.

WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HEART ATTACK AND CARDIAC ARREST?

THANKS FOR ASKING THAT.

THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY COMMON QUESTIONS.

SO A HEART ATTACK RECORD WHEN WE SAY HEART ATTACK.

IT MEANS THAT A CLOT HAS TRAVELED TO THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART AND HAS CAUSED A BLOCKAGE THAT'S CAUSING A POLL, A PORTION OF THE HEART TO DIE.

>> A HEART ATTACK CAN LEAD TO A CARDIAC ARREST.

SO A CARDIAC ARREST IS WHEN THE ACTUAL PUMPING ACTION OF THE HEART STOPS.

AND THAT'S REALLY DEVASTATING BECAUSE YOU REQUIRE THE PUMP THE PUMPING ACTION OF THE HEART TO BLOOD AND NUTRIENTS TO THE REST OF THE BODY.

SO WHEN YOUR HEART STOPS, YOU HAVE EFFECTIVELY DIET.

SO A HEART ATTACK CAN LEAD TO THE PUMPING ACTION STOPPING, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE FATALITY OF OF CARDIAC ARREST IN JUST A LITTLE BIT.

BUT SWEAR I WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE BECAUSE >> YOUR STUDY FOUND THAT THE AGE AT WHICH PEOPLE ARE DYING FROM THE DECREASING MEAN PEOPLE ARE DYING OF YOUNGER.

WHY?

WE THINK THAT IS.

THEY COULD BE MANY REASONS.

AND THAT'S WHAT UP FRONT IN FROM THOSE SO IT'S HARD TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT IS DRIVING IT.

THE STEP IS TO ASSESS THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND THE BANK.

>> AWARENESS TO IT WITH THE DECREASING AVERAGE AGE OUT ABOUT THE MISSION FOR US.

WE THOUGHT IT COULD BE PANDEMIC.

BUT ONCE WE NOTICED THE TRENDS, THEY STARTED PRE-PANDEMIC EVEN PRIOR TO 2020.

SO IT'S JUST NOT THE PANDEMIC MAY BE PANDEMIC VOICE AND IT TO SOME EXTENT, BUT IT'S NOT THE ENTIRE THING THAT COULD BE OUT.

ACT IS TO HAVE YOU KNOW, HIGHER BLOOD I'M KALYNA HIGH CHOLESTEROL, DIABETES ON OF THOSE RISK FACTORS LEAD TO DISEASE.

KNOW, THEY ALSO ARE RISK FACTORS FOR CARDIAC ARREST AS DOCTOR FOCUS SAYING BECAUSE THAT CAN LEAD TO CARDIAC ARREST.

SO THEY'RE NAMED WELL TO OUT THIS ACT AS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE FOR OVER THOSE BEING.

OFF THE FACTORS BUT COULD NOT BE SHORT WHAT IS THAT ONE FACTOR THAT'S DRIVING IT.

>> YOU FOUND THAT 57% OF OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST OCCURRED AMONG BLACK CHICAGOANS.

THE BIGGEST DECREASE IN THAT HAPPEN FOR BLACKMON FROM 62.1 YEARS TO 60.3 YEARS.

WHAT ARE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE I GUESS THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH?

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT MAKE YOU GO?

THIS IS A POTENTIAL CAUSE, A PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK AMERICANS.

BLACKMON.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS IN ANY CASE WE SEE THAT MEN TEND TO HAVE CONDUCT A RESTED ON >> AND THEN WHEN WE LOOK AT FOR THE BABIES AND THAT THE CITY, ITS EFFECT ON BLACK MEN, WHICH IS MORE PRONOUNCED, AS YOU WERE SAYING.

THE FACT IS THAT COULD BE CONTRIBUTING ARE AGAIN, AS I WAS.

AND YOU'RE SAYING IT COULD BE VERY EVENT RELATED TO THE FACTORS SUCH AS HIGH PRESSURE.

AND WE KNOW THAT BLACK ADULTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE HYPERTENSION, WHICH IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE BALTIMORE NIKE UNCONTROLLED THAT PRESSURE.

RIGHT.

SO >> IT'S WELL TODAY PREVENT THIS.

BUT WATCH AT HIGH RISK OFF FACTORS SUCH AS HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS WHICH THEY TOOK PROBLEMS RELATED A QUARTER.

WANT TO GET YOU IN HERE, ILLINOIS.

HEART RESCUE OBVIOUSLY CO AUTHORED THIS WHAT RESOURCES DO PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW TO BECOME MORE AWARE OF THEIR OWN HEART HEALTH?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT LIST CARDIAC ARREST IS THAT IT'S A CHAIN OF SURVIVAL STAR.

MANY LINKS IN THE CHAIN THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO BE STRONG IN ORDER FOR AN INDIVIDUAL TO SURVIVE.

AND THAT GOES FROM EARLY BYSTANDER INTERVENTION WITH CPR AND AED USE TO ACTIVATING OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THROUGH 9-1-1, CALLS AND THEN WORKING WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HOSPITAL.

SO IT TAKES AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.

>> DOCTOR, POKEMON, SOMEONE EXPERIENCES CARDIAC ARREST.

HOW OFTEN ARE THEY MAKING IT TO YOU IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM?

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO TELL.

BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THERE ARE A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO TERMINATE IN THE FIELD, WHICH MEANS THAT.

>> WE GO ARE VERY, VERY CAPABLE.

PARAMEDIC TEAMS GO TO THEIR HOME AT THAT POINT.

THEIR FAMILIES HAVE CALLED.

I REALIZE THAT THEY WEREN'T BREATHING.

THEY DIDN'T SEEM LIKE THEY WERE ALIVE.

AND SO THEY'RE USUALLY PROMPTED BY DISPATCH TO START BYSTANDER CPR AT THAT TIME, PARAMEDIC TEAMS WILL ARRIVE AND THEN TRY TO DO THE RESUSCITATION IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET WHAT WE CALL RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CARDIAC ACTIVITY, WHICH IS JUST A LONG WAY OF SAYING THE HEART IS RESTARTED, THEN THEY'LL BE TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE ARE SEEING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM WHO NEVER MAKE IT OUT OF THE HOME BECAUSE THERE THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAT WE CAN DO ONCE THEY'RE TRANSPORTED.

BUT ONCE THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL, THERE ARE MANY, MANY DIFFERENT INTERVENTIONS THAT WILL TRY TO DO TO RESTART THEIR HEART.

BUT MATTERS WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE.

SO IF BYSTANDER CPR IS NOT ACTIVATED EARLY, IF THOSE INTERVENTIONS ARE NOT STARTED EARLY, THERE'S VERY LITTLE WE CAN DO ONCE THEY COME TO THE HOSPITAL.

WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HYPERTENSION, HIGH BLOOD WHAT ARE SOME RISK FACTORS FOR FOR CARDIAC ARREST?

WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR.

>> THERE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RISK FACTORS.

SO I I THINK THERE'S 2 THINGS.

SO THE RISK FACTORS KIND OF THE EARLIER RISK FACTORS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER.

THINGS LIKE HEART DISEASE, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT CAN CAUSE HEART DISEASE THAT CAN LEAD TO CARDIAC ARRESTS.

HOWEVER, IN THE MOMENT OF A CARDIAC ARREST, IF YOU SEE SOMEBODY COLLAPSE, IF YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE BREATHING IRREGULARLY, IF YOU SEE THAT, IF YOU FEEL VERY IMPORTANT UNDER THEIR CHIN FOR POLLS OR FEEL THEIR WRIST FOR A PULSE AND YOU DON'T FEEL THE POLLS.

THAT'S WHEN YOU START BYSTANDER CPR.

IMMEDIATELY.

COLE GET SOMEBODY ELSE TO CALL 9-1-1.

GET SOMEBODY TO FIND AD.

BUT IN THOSE SECONDS COUNT, ACCORDING TO THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD SOMEONE KNOW IF THEY DO WITNESS WHAT?

BUT DOCTOR FOCUS JUST EXPLAINING THAT THEY DO WITNESS A CARDIAC ARREST.

AND I THINK YOU >> SOMETHING A VISUAL AID TO HELP US UNDERSTAND.

YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE CPR MANNEQUINS THAT WE USE IN OUR COMMUNITY TRAINING CLASSES WHEN WE'RE TEACHING LAY RESPONDERS FOR TO BYSTANDERS.

>> WE TEACH THEM ASKED 2 QUESTIONS.

ONE, ARE THEY CONSCIOUS OR ARE THEY AWAKE?

AND 2, ARE THEY BREATHING NORMALLY LIKE YOU AND I SO ANY GASPING ARE GOING SNOW ONLY BREATHING A COUPLE TIMES A MINUTE.

THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

SO NO, NO.

GO FOR STARTING CPR.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T HURT SOMEBODY BY DOING CPR IF THEY REALLY NEED IT.

IT'S MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO DO THE INTERVENTION WORRY ABOUT ENTERING THE PERSON.

THIS IS A BREASTED MANNEQUIN.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DISPARITIES, BUT WOMEN ARE ALSO ACROSS ALL RACES, LESS LIKELY TO GET CPR THAN MEN ARE IN THE PUBLIC.

SO WE TEACH ON BRES TO MANNEQUINS FOR ALL OF OUR CLASSES.

YOU JUST PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE CENTER OF THE BECOME PRESS HARD AND FAST.

IF YOU IMAGINE SQUISHING THE PERSON CALF, THAT'S AS HARD AS YOU WANT TO GO SO HARD AND FAST IN THE CENTER OF THE CHEST AND WE'RE NOT DOING RESCUE BRES ANYMORE FOR ADULTS.

THIS GOOD TO KNOW.

>> I'M 28 YEARS.

STUDY ALSO MENTIONED THAT 90% OF PEOPLE DIE FROM OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST.

THAT SEEMS REALLY HIGH.

BUT AFTER WHAT WE HEARD FROM DOCTOR FO COMING ALSO KIND OF MAKES SENSE THAT IT CAN BE HARD TO RESTART THE HEART WITHOUT BEING IN A HOSPITAL WITH THOSE RESOURCES.

ALL SO 90% OFF THE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST.

>> WHEN KNOTS OF EYES BEYOND HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AND THE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS IS IMPORTANT THAT US TO DO STUDY BECAUSE THERE THESE OF PRODUCTIVE LIFE LOST AND PEOPLE THAT EXPERIENCING CARDIAC ARREST AT A YOUNGER AGE, THEN THAT MEANS THOSE THAT COULD TEMPT BEING GONE INTO BUILDING A PRODUCTIVE SOCIETY, WAKING TO BUILDING, A FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY YEARS EFFECTIVELY KNOST.

YEAH.

THOSE WANT THIS ONE PART OF STUDY IN THE EWELL NOTED THAT WAS IMPORTANT THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

>> OF OF LIFE LOST BECAUSE OF A LIFE.

CUT SHORTER.

THAT'S WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT.

MY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR JOINING US.

WAY TO CLOSE A DOCTOR BERNICE POLL COMMAND