Wednesday Jun 26, 2024

Hermes Award-winner! Surviving cardiac arrest

Simon Henley was on a video call with his manager when he suddenly disappeared from the screen. He had fallen to the floor with a cardiac arrest. Not to be confused with an acute myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest is usually fatal, requiring a defibrillator and immediate CPR to revive the patient. On this episode, Simon tells his harrowing story, one with a touch of the miraculous, in how he survived those crucial first minutes and embarked on the road to recovery.

Moderator:
Tomas Villanueva, DO, MBA, FACPE, SFHM
Senior Principal
Clinical Operations and Quality
Vizient

Guest:
Simon Henley, MBA, CMBB
Director, Global Market Growth
Defibrillator Solutions
Medtronic

Show Notes:

[00:51] Simon’s background

[01:25] An avid runner

[01:49] The call

[03:23] Every minute a cardiac arrest goes untreated drops survival rate by 10%

[04:23] No previous symptoms

[05:57] Rehabilitation

[06:55] Dealing with emotions and with recurring cardiac events

[10:19] Changed perspective

[11:12] No guarantees