Key Takeaways Your child will have many care team members, procedures, treatments, and unit/floors with different levels of care during their hospital stay after cardiac arrest. The care team will individualize treatment and recovery plans for your child. You are...
Key Takeaways The hospital care team will include many people, including doctors, nurses, rehabilitation experts, respiratory therapists, care managers, pharmacists, child life specialists, and social workers. It may be challenging to keep track of who your child...
Key Takeaways Your time in the ICU may be overwhelming and raise more questions than answers. There will be many machines, monitors, and tubes attached to your child. Please feel free to ask your medical team any questions about the equipment you see. You will meet...
Key Takeaways There are no treatments to reverse the brain damage that occurs from a cardiac arrest. The medical team can try to save the brain from more injury using medicines and treatments like cooling in the hospital setting. Monitoring for and treatment of...
Key Takeaways Despite successful immediate and hospital-based treatments, your child may not wake up immediately or at all. Your healthcare team will use images of the brain and other neurological tests to assess the damage to your child’s brain. If there is no...
