The Evidence to Support the Presence of Family Members During

The Active Resuscitation of a Patient

The Evidence to Support the Presence of Family Members During

The Active Resuscitation of a Patient

Introduction

The word, resuscitation means "revival". Resuscitation is the return of man to life, which for some reason is in a state of clinical death. The signs of clinical death manifested in respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest, so the heart resuscitation aimed at reviving a person by restoring breathing and circulation recovery, for which you want to run for the heart. In this essay we shall discuss about some evidence that builds on the fact that the presence of family members is highly significant and impactful during the active resuscitation of a patient. The family has a responsibility to provide its members the opportunity to make someone feel better and get on one's own toes by establishing positive patterns of support, communication and motivation which is required at that very critical moment. We will also study how resuscitation has been employed by a nurse to the family member before and during the event, including an explanation to the family if the resuscitation was unsuccessful providing evidence.

Thesis Statement

In this essay we shall discuss evidence that builds on the fact that the presence of family members is highly significant and impactful during the active resuscitation of a patient who is going through a critical situation. To get him back on the track or resuscitation and that also active resuscitation, which means actively bringing him back to life , the family needs to be there for support and motivation. To understand this better we shall study how resuscitation has been employed by a nurse to the family member before and during the event, including an explanation to the family if the resuscitation was unsuccessful providing evidence (Lunney, 2006).

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Literature Review

Explanation Of Resuscitation By A Nurse To The Family Member Before And During The Event

According to Styles, encouraging involvement of an individual's family in the active resuscitation process is important because the health or illness of an individual is a family matter. The family provides for the well-being of its individuals on multiple levels, externally and internally. Family provides physical care and maintenance in the form of food, clothing, shelter, intellectual development, and medical care (Styles, 2008).

The parents of the patient were highly depressed tears in their eyes when they were viewing the active resuscitation process of their young child who had undergone a major car accident and had suffered a cardiac arrest when rushed to the hospital in emergency. Before the event the nurse gave the family assurance that they are trying their level best and things will be back to normal. He was at first given artificial respiration, "mouth to mouth" by the nursing team as was being informed by the head nurse who, placed a handkerchief by pinching the patient's nose, and then inhaling sharply in his mouth. The nursing team saw that when they exhaled air chest the patient rises ...