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DESCRIPTION: This episode focuses on Sudden Death, and looks not so much at trauma and injuries related to accidents, but rather the type of death that comes on rapidly and without warning, for example, the seemingly healthy athlete who collapses without warning. Medical editor Dr. Richard Holm and host Tami Watson discuss the issue with Dr. Paul Olson, from North Central Heart Institute in Sioux Falls, SD, and Dr. Robert Suurmeyer, from Internal Medicine Associates in Aberdeen, SD. TOPICS: sudden death, cardiac arrest, arrhythmia, defibrillator, AED, CPR, death certificate, cause of death. GUESTS/INTERVIEWS: Paul J. Olson, MD, FACC - North Central Heart Institute; Robert D. Suurmeyer, MD - Internal Medicine Associates; Brad Randall, MD - LCM Pathologists, PC; Barbara Booton, NREMT-P - Brookings Health System; David Dotson - Survived Life-threatening Pneumonia.