First-hand accounts from people who have survived a sudden cardiac arrest — the event itself, the recovery, and life beyond it. Personal, honest and written by those who have been there.
If your heart stopped beating during a cardiac arrest, were you dead? Modern resuscitation capabilities force us to reevaluate what it really means to die. For cardiac arrest survivors, the fact that your heart stopped for minutes but you are now alive again profoundly challenges assumptions about the finality of death. Your extraordinary experience crossing … Read more
Surviving a cardiac arrest can raise profound existential questions about life, death, and meaning. These thoughts are normal, but can also feel overwhelming. With time, support, and self-compassion, survivors can process their experience and move forward. Why Me? Making Sense of the Unexpected Cardiac arrest strikes suddenly and without warning. In an instant, your sense … Read more
But what does all that actually mean? What happens to you when you have an SCA? As a result of the experience, one way or another, your life and the lives of those around you change, perhaps because of an alteration of your physical capabilities or… and perhaps more disturbingly, through a change in your … Read more