To Survive Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Search for Meaning and Coherence
Dados Bibliográficos
| AUTOR(ES) | |
|---|---|
| AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden, University College of Borås, Borås, Sweden, and Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden, University College of Borås, Borås, Sweden |
| ANO | Não informado |
| TIPO | Artigo |
| DOI | 10.1177/1049732309331866 |
| CITAÇÕES | 7 |
| ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
The primary responsibility of prehospital emergency personnel at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) is to provide lifesaving care. Ethical considerations, decisions, and actions should be based in the patient's beliefs about health and well-being. In this article, we describe patients' experiences of surviving OHCA. By using a phenomenological approach, we focus on how OHCA influences patients' well-being over time. Nine survivors were interviewed. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is described as a sudden and elusive threat, an awakening in perplexity, and the memory gap as a loss of coherence. Survival means a search for coherence with distressing and joyful understanding, as well as existential insecurity exposed by feelings of vulnerability. Well-being is found through a sense of coherence and meaning in life. The study findings show survivors' emotional needs and a potential for prehospital emergency personnel to support them as they try to make sense of what has happened to them.