Key Takeaways Cardiac arrest is a life-threatening condition in which the heart suddenly stops beating normally, and blood flow to the brain and important organs is compromised, causing the person to stop breathing and lose consciousness. When cardiac arrest happens,...
Key Takeaways You will have many care team members, procedures, treatments, and inpatient floors with different levels of care during your hospital stay after cardiac arrest. Your care team will individualize treatment and recovery plans for you. Daily care plans and...
Key Takeaways Your hospital care team will include doctors, nurses, rehabilitation experts, care managers, and social workers. It may be challenging to keep track of who you meet and what role they play in your care. Write down questions or concerns so you remember to...
Key Takeaways Your time in the ICU may be overwhelming and raise questions, as there will be multiple machines, monitors, tubes, and catheters attached to your loved one. Your loved one may not require all of them, depending on how sick they are and their specific...
Key Takeaways Cooling treatments are usually started on cardiac arrest survivors shortly after they have gotten their pulse back and if they remain unconscious and unresponsive. This prevents the brain from having more damage. It sometimes involves dropping the body...
Key Takeaways Despite successful immediate and hospital-based treatments, your loved one may not wake up immediately or at all. Clinicians use various means to predict a neurological prognosis reliably. These include imaging studies, blood tests, and EEG along with...
