title: Witnessed resuscitation: a concept analysis.
abstract: The science and practice of resuscitation is recognised and endorsed on an international level, yet for more than a decade it has appeared in the literature alongside words such as witnessing or witnessed to signify the practice of family presence during a resuscitation attempt. This paper explores the meaning of witnessed resuscitation using the process for concept analysis proposed by Rodgers. The term resuscitation is explored, followed by identification of relevant uses of the concept of witnessed resuscitation. The reader is introduced to conceptual variations that challenge the way in which the concept has become associated with family or relatives presence in the resuscitation room of an accident and emergency department. Conceptual clarity is further enhanced through the identification of references, antecedents and consequences of witnessed resuscitation and by providing a model case of the concept that includes its defining attributes.
authors.affiliation: Staffordshire University, Faculty of Health and Sciences, Blackheath Lane, Stafford, ST18 OAD, UK. w.m.walker@staffs.ac.uk
authors.forename: Wendy Marina
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003210:Concept Formation; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D019370:Observation; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D012380:Role; D014789:Visitors to Patients / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*