A5058710190- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Ethics in medical practice
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
- Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Nursing education and management
Linnaeus University
2011-2025
University of Borås
2014-2023
Landstinget i Kalmar län
2017-2022
Sophiahemmet University College
2022
Marie Cederschiöld University
2022
Ambulance Care (Sweden)
2021
Health & Life (Taiwan)
2021
Växjö Kommun
2021
Self-reported cognitive function has been described as an important complement to performance-based measurements but seldom investigated in cardiac arrest (CA) survivors. Therefore, the aim was describe self-reported and its association with health status, psychological distress, life satisfaction. This study utilised data from Swedish Register of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (2018-2021), registered 3-6 months post-CA. Cognitive assessed by a single question: "How do you experience your...
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a lethal health problem that affects between 236,000 and 325,000 people in the United States each year. As resuscitation attempts are unsuccessful 70-98% of OHCA cases, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel often face needs bereaved family members.Decisions to continue or terminate at influenced by factors other than patient clinical characteristics, such as EMS personnel's knowledge, attitudes, beliefs regarding emotional preparedness. However,...
Recent decades have shown major improvements in survival rates after cardiac arrest. However, few interventions been tested order to improve the care for survivors and their family members. In many countries, including Sweden, national guidelines post arrest follow-up programs are not available current practice has previously investigated. The aim of this survey was therefore describe Sweden. An internet based questionnaire sent resuscitation coordinators at all Swedish emergency hospitals...
To increase survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), great efforts are made to improve the number of voluntary first responders (VFR). However, evidence potential utility such is sparse, especially rural areas. Therefore, aim was describe and compare response times for emergency medical services (EMS), fire rescue (FRS), VFR during OHCA relation population density.
The primary responsibility of prehospital emergency personnel at out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) is to provide lifesaving care. Ethical considerations, decisions, and actions should be based in the patient's beliefs about health well-being. In this article, we describe patients' experiences surviving OHCA. By using a phenomenological approach, focus on how OHCA influences well-being over time. Nine survivors were interviewed. Out-of-hospital arrest described as sudden elusive threat,...
Working as an ambulance nurse involves facing ethically problematic situations with multi-dimensional suffering, requiring the ability to create a trustful relationship. This entails need be clinically trained in order identify ethical conflicts.To describe conflicts patient relationships experienced by nursing students during clinical studies.An exploratory and interpretative design was used inductively analyse textual data from examinations placement courses.The 69 participants attended...
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been reported for out-hospital (OHCA) and in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) separately, but potential differences between the two groups are unknown. The aim this study is therefore to describe compare HRQoL in patients surviving OHCA IHCA.Patients ≥18 years with Cerebral Performance Category 1-3 included Swedish Registry Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 2014 2017 were included. A telephone interview was performed based on a questionnaire sent 3-6...
When patients suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), significant others find themselves with no choice about being there. After the event they are often left unanswered questions life-threatening circumstances, or patient’s death, emergency treatment and future needs. it is unclear how care itself will affect others’ well-being, prehospital personnel face ethical decisions. In this article we describe experiences of present at OHCA, focusing on aspects values. Using a lifeworld...
In Moral Case Deliberation (MCD), healthcare professionals discuss ethically difficult patient situations in their daily practice. There is a lack of knowledge regarding the content MCD and there need to shed light on this ethical reflection midst clinical Thus, aim study was describe professionals' moral reasoning during MCD. The design qualitative descriptive, data consisted 22 audio-recorded inter-professional MCDs, analysed with analysis. centred how strike balance between personal...
Individuals with low socioeconomic status (SES) face widespread prejudice in society. Whether SES disparities exist treatment and survival following in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is unclear. The aim of the current retrospective registry study was to examine IHCA survival, assessing at patient level, adjusting for major demographic, clinical, contextual factors.In total, 24 217 IHCAs from Swedish Register Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation were analysed. Education income constituted proxies....
Abstract Aim To illuminate from the perspective of nurses in ambulance services experiences using a web‐based advisory decision support system to assess care needs and refer patients. Design Inductive descriptive approaches. Method Thirteen semi‐structured interviews were conducted spring 2020. The data analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. Results Swedish (ADSS) was found strengthen nurses' feelings security when they patients' needs, promote their competence professional pride,...
To explore experiences of cardiac arrest in-hospital and the impact on life for patient who suffered family member witnessed resuscitation.Guidelines advocate that should be offered option to present during resuscitation, but little is known about family-witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation in hospital their family.A qualitative design consisting joint in-depth interviews with patients members.Family were conducted seven eight corresponding members (aged 19-85 years) 4-10 months after a...
It has been reported as an ethical problem within prehospital emergency care that ambulance professionals administer physiologically futile cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to patients having suffered cardiac arrest benefit significant others. At the same time it is argued that, under certain circumstances, this acceptable moral practice by signalling everything possible done, and enabling grief of others be properly addressed. Even more general reasons have used morally legitimize use...
Background Out‐of‐hospital cardiac arrest survivors suffer from psychological distress and cognitive impairments. They experience existential insecurity vulnerability are striving to return a life in which well‐being the meaning of have partly changed. However, research highlighting experiences in‐hospital is lacking. This means that evidence for postresuscitation care has largely been extrapolated studies on out‐of‐hospital survivors, without considering potential group differences. Studies...
The prehospital care of patients with sepsis are commonly performed by the emergency medical services. These may be critically ill and have high in-hospital mortality rates. Unfortunately, few identified services, which can lead to delayed treatment a worse prognosis. Therefore, early identification is important, more information about characteristics that used identify these needed. Based on this lack information, objectives study were investigate while being transported hospital compare...
Background The ambulance service provides emergency care to meet the patient’s medical and nursing needs. Based on professional values, this should be done within a caring relationship with holistic approach as opposite would risk suffering related disengagement from emotional existential However, knowledge is sparse how personnel can needs avoid suffering, particularly in conjunction urgent situations. Aim aim of study was explore nurses’ experiences relationships patients Methods Data...
The death of a close person has profound impact on people's lives, and when is sudden there are no possibilities to prepare for the loss. study aimed illuminate meanings losing following cardiac arrest. A qualitative interpretive design was used, twelve bereaved family members were interviewed. results show transition from pending between life loss during resuscitation proceeding with after These being in liminality members' essential narration importance compassionate care throughout this...