article_snippet.sent: A 10-year-old boy nearly died after suffering a cardiac arrest in the school playground.
article_snippet.sent: This is where the electrical activity of Koby Hodder's heart becomes so chaotic that the electrical activity of the heart stops pumping and quivers or ‘fibrillates’ instead.
article_snippet.sent: A cardiac arrest happens when the heart stops pumping blood around your body.
article_snippet.sent: The most common cause of a cardiac arrest is a life threatening abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VF).
article_snippet.sent: Ventricular fibrillation happens when the electrical activity of your heart becomes so chaotic that the heart stops pumping and quivers or 'fibrillates' instead.
article_snippet.sent: Someone who is having a cardiac arrest will suddenly lose consciousness and will stop breathing or stop breathing normally.
article_snippet.sent: It is possible to survive and recover from a cardiac arrest, with the right treatment.
article_snippet.sent: Ventrivular fibrillation - which causes an arrest - can sometimes be corrected by giving an electric shock through the chest wall, by using a device called a defibrillator.