Help for First Responders for Managing Family Expectations

Key Takeaways Witnessing a patient in sudden cardiac arrest can be an emotionally traumatic experience for everyone involved, but especially for family and lay rescuers.  The scene may look chaotic and be hard for a witness to understand all of the procedures and...

Pronouncing Death in the Field: A Source of First Responder Burnout

Key Takeaways Delivering death notifications is a difficult but important part of the job for first responders.  With focused training, first responders can help to make this difficult time a little bit easier for the people involved, and it will help reduce their...

Connecting with Your First Responders

Key Takeaways Meeting your first responders to say thank you can be a powerful moment for everyone—including your first responders. For survivors and co-survivors, this reunion can be healing in many ways, but only when they are ready. To organize a reunion, contact...