Adjusting to New Learning Needs

Key Takeaways You know your child best and know when they may be experiencing changes to their learning needs when returning to school after a cardiac arrest.   If you notice changes in your child’s thinking or learning abilities, you can request an additional...

Processing This Difficult Journey

Key Takeaways The anniversary of your child’s cardiac arrest can reactivate intense emotions – joy, anxiety, or both.   Your feelings are real and quite normal. Try to give yourself the grace to feel, reflect, and heal.  There is no right or wrong way to manage the...

Finding Support and Connection After Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

Key Takeaways Experiencing a cardiac arrest is traumatic and overwhelming and life afterward can be filled with fear, uncertainty, and a desperate need for connection and information. Everyone’s journey is different- learning to navigate this delicate balance with...

Care & Support for Your Child After Cardiac Arrest

Key Takeaways Individualized Care is Essential: Each child’s post-cardiac arrest care plan should be tailored to their developmental stage and specific needs, involving a range of specialists including physical therapists, occupational therapists, neuropsychologists,...