I’ve seen many posts in our Facebook group from survivors questioning recovery time. So, as a survivor almost 5 years post-arrest I thought I would share some of my own experiences and thoughts around this. As per many others, on discharge from the hospital, I wasn’t given any information about my ‘condition’ (I was diagnosed … Read more
Are you a Chain of Survival participant? By that, I mean have you been party to a cardiac arrest resuscitation attempt? i.e. raised the alarm, performed CPR, used an AED or even just witnessed the event? A poll in our sister support group – Chain of Survival UK shows that professional support is very limited … Read more
How our story turned into a novel with a CPR message The worst moment of our lives happened half an hour into Halloween. A noise that sounded like snoring woke me up – but when I tried to nudge my partner to turn over, he didn’t respond at all. Within seconds, I was calling 999 … Read more