The healthcare system is designed to treat disease.

People are not just vessels for pathology.

Imagine if the system were designed around our shared humanity.

Thank you for sharing. As a neurourologist I see this. Going home after a medical event can leave people on their own navigating recovery.

Experiencing a cardiac event can be traumatic, leaving patients & co-survivors feeling helpless. Healthcare providers need to offer support beyond the diagnosis to mitigate post-traumatic stress & improve quality of life.

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Not a patient, not a consumer, but still deeply affected.

A co-survivor.

Coolcmsc Dr. Glaucomflecken Thank you for sharing that. When I sit down with folks after, I have had Physicians and Nurses impacted just the same. The environment is different, the situation is raw and it presents itself in a different way. Lady Glaucomflecken (she/her) describes it best as a process with 3 elements.

“Healthcare professionals should consider caregivers’ needs individually and provide/signpost to support. Caregivers need to be involved in designing and implementing future research, given the heterogeneity of needs identified.” #cosurvivors journals.lww.com/cancernursingo…

Four steps to empower co-survivors and facilitate meaningful care:

1. Make eye contact
2. Ask us how we are doing
3. Validate our experience
4. Provide us with written information

More at: glaucomflecken.com/cosurvivors

A/Prof Jodie Ingles Lady Glaucomflecken (she/her) Dr. Comilla Bo Gregers Winkel Laura Yeates 'People talk about importance of engaging ‘consumers’ rather than patients. I want to say, ‘what do I consume…cardiac death?’ I am not a patient and I am not a consumer, but still someone deeply affected by cardiac arrest who wants to contribute my voice and make a difference.'

Why the name “Co-Survivor” matters:

- Names have power.
- Once you name it, people can understand it.
- You can convey what it's like.
- You can show why it's important.
- You can find others like you.

My biggest hope is as clinicians, you will incorporate the “Explain-Name-Validate” framework into your interactions with patients and their families and teach it to your colleagues and students.

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Meet Lisa - the hero in the headset who guided Lady Glaucomflecken (she/her) through Telephone CPR on Dr. Glaucomflecken Thank you dispatchers! Life saving begins on the phone! High Performance EMS @ems1 American Ambulance Association #Ambucon24 Powerful Keynote. Prodigy EMS

We work so hard to save patients in cardiac arrest. Don't forget the 'co-survivors.' Advice from Lady Glaucomflecken (she/her) at #Ambucon24

Thank you to American Ambulance Association for having Dr. Glaucomflecken and I as keynote speakers today! 🚑

If we ask people 'Act to Save a Life' with #CPR / #AED we should have a support framework for when they do 'Act' and are left with questions, doubts & confusion...
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Don’t leave CPR lay responders to process their experience on their own.

Explain what happened:
Why did _ happen? Why did the person do _?
Will they be okay? What happens to them now?
What happens to me now? What do I do?

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