Natalie Elizabeth Anderson

TL;DR: By understanding more about the reactions to death, it may be possible to minimise negative factors such as unexpected elements, feelings of inadequacy, exclusion and role conflicts whilst facilitating coping, sharing of the experience, personal and professional growth, and other positive outcomes.

TL;DR: There was considerable evidence that their earliest memorable patient death was a significant event, and although most participants' experiences were characterised by emphatic or poignant description, there was most often a balance of challenges and rewards.

TL;DR: This systematic integrative review identifies all research papers examining resuscitation providers’ perspectives on resuscitation decision-making for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients and identifies five themes, describing factors informing resuscitation provider decision- making: the arrest event; patient characteristics; the resuscitation scene; resuscitations provider perspectives; and medicolegal concerns.

TL;DR: This study offers a provider-perspective on the challenges faced by ambulance personnel deciding to commence, continue, withhold or terminate resuscitation efforts, and highlights clinical, cognitive, emotional and physical demands associated with decision-making in the cardiac arrest context.

TL;DR: Results suggest that confidence in a poor prognosis for the cardiac arrested patient is only part of the resuscitation decision-making picture, and ambulance personnel may benefit from greater educational preparation and mentoring in managing the scene of a death to avoid inappropriate or prolonged resuscitation efforts.