Study Considers the Needs of Cardiac Arrest Patients' Families in ED
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- When a patient, regardless of age, experiences cardiac arrest, often the entire family is impacted and involved in care.
- Featured in the November issue of the Journal of Emergency Nursing, a new study – "What Are the Care Needs of Families Experiencing Sudden Cardiac Arrest?
- A Survivor- and Family-Performed Systematic Review, Qualitative Meta-synthesis, and Clinical Practice Recommendations" – explores the ways emergency nurses can support families and their involvement in cardiac arrest patient care.
- As more cardiac arrest care systems are created to address the needs of patients, family members and survivors, the study's authors sought to review existing research to help clarify the roles emergency nurses play in prearrest, intra-arrest and post-arrest periods for the family of cardiac arrest patients.
- "I lost a family member to a sudden cardiac arrest event.