Navigating cardiac arrest together: A survivor and family-led co-design study of family needs and care touchpoints.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to i) identify the care needs of families experiencing cardiac arrest; and ii) co-identify strategies for meeting the identified care needs. Cardiac arrest survivors and family members (of survivors and non-survivors) were engaged as "experience experts," collaborators and co-researchers in this study.

Methods

A qualitative study using semi-structured interviews of cardiac arrest survivors and family members was conducted. Participants were recruited from the membership of the Family Centred Cardiac Arrest Care Project. Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and analysed using Framework analysis.

Results

Twenty-eight participants described 22 unique cardiac arrest events. We identified five primary care need themes: 1) "Help us help our l

SUBMITTER: Douma MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11530864 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature