Comments on: Michael Jackson Reportedly Suffers Cardiac Arrest!

By: Bee

Bee — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:53:43 +0000

Glad to see u removed that tasteless tag line.

By: finehd

finehd — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:13:28 +0000

Remember Michael Jackson in HD
http://www.finehd.com/remember.....kson-in-hd

By: AmandaMarie

AmandaMarie — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:50:16 +0000

@ernurseheaven

I’m not even trained and I read that and I knew that cardiac arrest is damn close to death.

The difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest is major.

Heart attack – a sudden stop of hearts functions typically due to blockages of some sort… That said that can lead to…

Cardiac arrest – the total stopping of the hearts function. Which if not resuscitated within four to six minutes afterwards means the victim is pretty much not going to make it.

Jackson was in Cardiac Arrest, and I’m fairly confident (sadly) that he was already in heaven before he even got placed in the ambulance.

By: ERNurseHeaven

ERNurseHeaven — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:36:18 +0000

I agree with TraumaQueen and Felicity.. being an ER Registered Nurse, I had to laugh when I read “Now, it should be clarified that just because he suffered cardiac arrest that doesn’t necessarily mean that his life is in danger”… Uhhh… when you’re in cardiac arrest, that’s pretty damn crappy with almost always dismal results. He probably had an anterior MI (heart attack) or what we healthcare workers like to call the “widow maker”. Poor guy… he was only 50. I wonder what will happen to his kids.

By: TraumaQueen

TraumaQueen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:09:56 +0000

“Now, it should be clarified that just because he suffered cardiac arrest that doesn’t necessarily mean that his life is in danger”

CNRA, you took the words off my finger tips. If a bystander starts CPR, you have the chance of them overreacting and jumping the gun. If Paramedics are doing CPR, your life *is* in danger.

Felicity, unfortunately, if he was asystole or in PEA, even an AED wouldn’t do any good.

Sorry to turn this into an emergency medical blog! :O)

We’ll all miss Michael.

By: Felicity

Felicity — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:32:20 +0000

@CNRA
I was just going to say that. Unless you have a defibrillator immediately on hand (1-6 minutes in cardiac arrest before a defibrillator gives you a 35% chance of living. 10 or more minutes = certain death), cardiac arrest is most certainly a death sentence. Cardiac arrest is not the same thing as a heart attack although a heart attack can lead to cardiac arrest.

By: CRNA

CRNA — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:42:25 +0000

“Now, it should be clarified that just because he suffered cardiac arrest that doesn’t necessarily mean that his life is in danger”

Seriously?? Trent, you crack me up. I LOVE your blog, but you should not make comments on medical stuff. Cardiac arrest means they were coding him (doing CPR, etc) because he didn’t have a heart beat. No heart beat surely puts someone’s life in danger.

By: morgenne

morgenne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:01:48 +0000

sorry to fans of his, he has died. It was reported on my local news. He was taken to a hospital at about 12:30pm and wasn’t revived.

By: Holly

Holly — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:57:05 +0000

TMZ is reporting he has died….. no words right now…

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:50:37 +0000

Sadly – Scarlet is not joking. Many reports coming out now – he is really dead. Unbelievable. RIP Michael.

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:49:58 +0000

Steve,
obviously it wasn’t a joke.
I was uh.. dead serious. To say the least.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:49:11 +0000

Scarlet,
Don’t joke around like that. It’s not funny!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:48:06 +0000

Who says he’s dead?

By: Scarlet

Scarlet — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:44:02 +0000

Um.. too late.
He died.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:43:24 +0000

I read that he went in to cardiac arrest, which is different than a heart attack (myocardial infarction). He apparently was not breathing and received CPR en route to the hospital. Could be pretty bad depending on how long it took for the EMT’s to get to him.

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:40:05 +0000

Wow, his heart couldn’t beat it. Are you serious Trent, you think this is a joke?

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:37:20 +0000

Wow, what a day. I hope Michael pulls through.

By: LemonFairy

LemonFairy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:32:15 +0000

I hope he pulls through this.

I don’t think doing the tour is a good thing for him, he clearly very ill.

By: M3

M3 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:29:34 +0000

@LisaMarie: I thought the same thing!
@poopysmom: I recall it being in close succession, within a couple of days

Either way, I hope MJ will be ok.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:27:51 +0000

@LisaMarie- I was thinking the SAME thing!

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:25:38 +0000

I got a tweet from CNN. Not breathing when ambulance arrived. Hope he is good.

By: Mr. Gyllenhaal

Mr. Gyllenhaal — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:15:12 +0000

If they did CPR in the ambulance that must be bad news!! I hope he is okay. That is horrible.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:13:14 +0000

TMZ UPDATE: A Jackson family member tells TMZ Michael is in “really bad shape” and the brothers are headed to UCLA.

Eeessshhh..This is crazy..I hope he recovers!!

By: poopysmom

poopysmom — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:11:51 +0000

LisaMarie…..He would have been #4……David Carradine was #1…Lets hope MJ is all good…..

By: Chella

Chella — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:06:16 +0000

It is true it really makes you think about the ppl whom put out the skins to see him in concert!!!
Hopefully he will be fine on moon dancing his way out of the hospital real soon!!