Experiences of surviving a cardiac arrest after therapeutic hypothermia treatment. An interview study

Cardiac arrest (CA) is often associated with high mortality. The most common cause, besides acute coronary ischemia, is breathing dysfunction that leads to hypoxia. In Europe, 350,000 –700,000 people per year suffer from CA, of which only 5–7% survive (Perkins et al. 2015). In Sweden, it is reported that 13–52 per 100,000 people suffer out-of-hospital CA, and survival to one month is 2–14% (Strömsöe et al. 2011). To suffer a CA can be a life-changing experience with a s ignificant impact on one’s day-to-day life (Ketilsdottir et al.

Source: International Emergency Nursing - September 12, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Margareta Br ännström, Camilla Niederbach, Ann-Charlotte Rödin Source Type: research