Qualitative Study of Long‐Term Cardiac Arrest Survivors' Challenges and Recommendations for Improving Survivorship

A Presciutti, B Siry‐Bove, MM Newman… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Cardiac arrest survivorship refers to the lived experience of long‐term survivors
of cardiac arrest and the many postdischarge challenges they experience. We aimed to …

Sudden cardiac arrest survivorship: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

KN Sawyer, TR Camp-Rogers, P Kotini-Shah… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac arrest systems of care are successfully coordinating community, emergency medical
services, and hospital efforts to improve the process of care for patients who have had a …

[HTML][HTML] Moving from physical survival to psychologic recovery: a qualitative study of survivor perspectives on long-term outcome after sudden cardiac arrest

KN Dainty, MB Seaton, PR Verbeek - Resuscitation plus, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Over 400,000 adults suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) each year in
North America. Despite a very high mortality rate, even 10% survival means that a minimum …

Long-term survivors of cardiac arrest: A narrative inquiry

G Haydon, P van der Riet… - European journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Despite extensive knowledge and research in cardiac health there is limited
understanding in how a cardiac arrest influences the life of long-term survivors. Objective …

[HTML][HTML] Getting better or getting by?: A qualitative study of in-hospital cardiac arrest survivors long-term recovery experiences

M Harrod, LA Kamphuis, K Hauschildt… - … -Qualitative Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States, approximately 292,000 adults (> 18 years old) per year suffer
an in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA). Survival rates have increased over the last decade and …

Disrupted lives: caregivers' experiences of in‐hospital cardiac arrest survivors' recovery 5 years later

M Harrod, K Hauschildt, LA Kamphuis… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Survivors of in‐hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) experience ongoing physical and
cognitive impairments, often requiring support from a caregiver at home afterwards …

Trapped in a disrupted normality: Survivors' and partners' experiences of life after a sudden cardiac arrest

L Whitehead, S Tierney, D Biggerstaff, GD Perkins… - Resuscitation, 2020 - Elsevier
Aim of the study Advances in resuscitation science have resulted in a growing number of out-
of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors. However, we know very little about the natural …

Long-term quality of life of caregivers of cardiac arrest survivors and the impact of witnessing a cardiac event of a close relative

J van't Wout Hofland, V Moulaert, C van Heugten… - Resuscitation, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The incidence of cardiac arrest is high, with a poor survival rate of 8–14%.
Currently, only limited evidence is available about long-term consequences of cardiac arrest …

[HTML][HTML] Follow-up care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a pilot study of survivors and families' experiences and recommendations

M Mion, R Case, K Smith, G Lilja, EB Nordström… - Resuscitation plus, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Cognitive and physical difficulties are common in survivors of
out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA); both survivors and close family members are also at …

Surviving cardiac arrest-what do we know about recovery & survivorship?

KN Sawyer - Current Opinion in Critical Care, 2022 - journals.lww.com
In line with increased recognition of the importance for recovery and rehabilitation after SCA,
there has been a commensurate increase in investigations documenting the needs of …