- Title
- Long-term survivors of cardiac arrest: a narrative inquiry
- Creator
- Haydon, Gunilla; van der Riet, Pamela; Inder, Kerry
- Relation
- European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Vol. 18, Issue 6, p. 458-464
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474515119844717
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2019
- Description
- Background: Despite extensive knowledge and research in cardiac health there is limited understanding in how a cardiac arrest influences the life of long-term survivors. Objective: The aim of this study was to explore how long-term survivors of a cardiac arrest adjusted to their new reality, expressed in their re-storied narratives. Methods: Seven individuals surviving a cardiac arrest 5-26 years ago were interviewed through in-depth conversations over a six-month period. These interviews were analysed using Clandinin and Connelly's framework of narrative inquiry. RESULTS:Seven threads were found: Disbelief, Surveillance of their body, Loss of control and desire for normality, Keeping fit and informing others, Gratefulness, Spirituality - luck and fate, and Fragility of life and dying. Conclusions: All seven long-term survivors of cardiac arrest expressed a positive attitude. Despite the nature of the cardiac arrest and the hurdles that followed, they have a heightened appreciation for life. This indicates that after the adaptation to their new reality of being a cardiac arrest survivor life returns to a new normality.
- Subject
- qualitative research; narrative; cardiac arrest; heat arrest; long-term survival
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1433436
- Identifier
- uon:39255
- Identifier
- ISSN:1474-5151
- Language
- eng
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