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- Kieran McLaughlin, Vidar Melby, and Vivien Coates.
- Western Health and Social Care Trust. kieran373@hotmail.com
- Emerg Nurse. 2013 Feb 1; 20 (9): 20-5.
AbstractThe sudden admission to an emergency department (ED) of a patient requiring resuscitation can be a traumatic experience for families, who often require a great deal of support from ED staff. The needs of such staff must be considered too, if the care of patients and families during resuscitation attempts is to be improved. This article discusses the findings of a systematic review of the literature on family-centred care during and after resuscitation attempts, and reveals that, although families appear to favour witnessed resuscitation, the practice remains controversial among healthcare professionals. Chaotic workloads, time restraints, lack of education and poor coping abilities all appear to affect wider implementation of the practice in EDs.
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