Sudden Death or Sudden death may refer to:

Medical

Cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It is a medical emergency that, without immediate medical intervention, will result in sudden cardiac death within minutes. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and possib ...

, also known as sudden cardiac death, natural death from cardiac causes *

Sudden cardiac death of athletes It remains a difficult medical challenge to prevent the sudden cardiac death of athletes, typically defined as natural, unexpected death from cardiac arrest within one hour of the onset of collapse symptoms, excluding additional time on mechanica ...

Sudden infant death syndrome Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is the sudden unexplained death of a child of less than one year of age. Diagnosis requires that the death remain unexplained even after a thorough autopsy and detailed death scene investigation. SIDS usuall ...

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is a fatal complication of epilepsy. It is defined as the sudden and unexpected, non-traumatic and non-drowning death of a person with epilepsy, without a toxicological or anatomical cause of death dete ...

Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome (SADS) is a sudden unexpected death of adolescents and adults, mainly during sleep. One relatively common type is known as Brugada syndrome. The syndrome is rare in most areas around the world but occurs in po ...

, a sudden unexpected death mainly during sleep

Sports

Sudden death (sport) In a sport or game, sudden death (also sudden-death, sudden-death overtime, or a sudden-death round) is a form of competition where play ends as soon as one competitor is ahead of the others, with that competitor becoming the winner. Sudden death ...

, a form of competition where play ends as soon as one competitor is ahead of the others *

1958 NFL Championship Game The 1958 NFL Championship Game was the 26th NFL championship game, played on December 28 at Yankee Stadium in New York City. It was the first NFL playoff game to be decided in sudden death overtime. The final score was Baltimore Colts 23, New ...

, nicknamed "Sudden Death" for its dramatic ending

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

* ''Sudden Death'' (1977 film), a Philippine action film * ''Sudden Death'' (1995 film), an American action film starring Jean-Claude Van Damme * "Sudden Death" (''CSI: Miami''), a 2010 television episode * "Sudden Death" (''Hit the Floor''), a 2014 television episode * "Sudden Death" (''Murder, She Wrote''), a 1985 television episode * Sudden Death, the main antagonist of ''

NFL Rush Zone ''NFL Rush Zone'' is an American action-adventure animated television series. In the first season, the show centers on an 11-year-old football fan named Ish, who learns he must protect shards of a power source called "The Core", hidden at 32 NFL ...

'' seasons 1 and 3 * ''Died Suddenly'' (2022 film), an online anti-vaccination propaganda film

Music

Sudden Death (band) Sudden Death is a comedy rap trio from Hardyston Township, New Jersey consisting of members Tom Rockwell ("Devo Spice"), Steve Fernino ("Piles"), and Thom Uliasz ("Professor Pastronamy"). They formed in 1986 and started releasing their music in 1 ...

, an American comedy rap group *

Svdden Death Daniel James "Danny" Howland (born June 29, 1993), better known by his alias Svdden Death, is a Los Angeles-based DJ and producer from San Jose, California. He is known for his song "Sell Out", a collaboration with American multi-platinum artist M ...

, American DJ and producer *

Sudden Death Records Sudden Death Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia based record label run by Joe "Shithead" Keithley, frontman of D.O.A. Sudden Death Records arrived in Canada's burgeoning punk scene in 1978. Keithley formed the label to release his D.O.A.' ...

, a Canadian record label * "Sudden Death" (song), by Megadeth, 2010 * "Sudden Death", a song by Bathory from '' Destroyer of Worlds'', 2001

Literature

* ''Sudden Death'' (novel), a 1932 novel by Freeman Wills Crofts

Other

Sudden death syndrome Sudden death syndrome (SDS), a disease in soybean plants, quickly spread across the southern United States in the 1970s, eventually reaching most agricultural areas of the US. SDS is caused by a ''Fusarium ''Fusarium'' is a large genus of fil ...

, a disease in soybean plants * Blair's Sudden Death Sauce, a very hot sauce for food {{disambiguation