Key result
Long-term survivors of cardiac arrest expressed a positive attitude and heightened appreciation for life, adapting to a new normality despite the hurdles that followed.
Why the study?
There is limited understanding of how a cardiac arrest influences the life of long-term survivors and how they adjust to their new reality.
Long-term survivors of cardiac arrest adapt to their new reality with a positive attitude and heightened appreciation for life.
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Survivor narratives highlight persistent adjustment needs after cardiac arrest; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Haydon et al. (2019) studied Cardiac arrest (n=7). Cardiac arrest survival was evaluated on Adjustment to new reality expressed in re-storied narratives. Long-term survivors of cardiac arrest expressed a positive attitude and heightened appreciation for life, adapting to a new normality despite the hurdles that followed.
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