title: Family presence at resuscitation attempts.
abstract: UK resuscitation guidelines suggest that parents and carers should be allowed to be present during a resuscitation attempt in hospital but no guidance is available regarding family presence when resuscitation takes place out of hospital. A new research study has suggested that relatives who were offered the opportunity to witness resuscitation were less likely to develop symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder than those who were not given the chance. This article summarises the results of this study and provides an expert commentary on its conclusions.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jaques
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic