Being resuscitated is something that the patient is usually totally oblivious to, and whilst the ramifications of the event can be long term, often the first indication that you have been through something is when you regain consciousness and notice pain your the chest. Of course, if you have received major heart surgery it’s certainly … Read more
With up to 80% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests occurring in a domestic environment, it’s inevitable that untrained (lay) people get involved or witness a resuscitation attempt utilising CPR and/or AED shocks. We definitely wouldn’t want to put anyone off from getting involved in a resuscitation attempt by saying this (see “Would you do CPR again” … Read more
Are you a Chain of Survival participant? By that, I mean have you been party to a cardiac arrest resuscitation attempt? i.e. raised the alarm, performed CPR, used an AED or even just witnessed the event? A poll in our sister support group – Chain of Survival UK shows that professional support is very limited … Read more