Nancy Duffy

Supporting a patient after a near-death experience.

Nursing April 1, 2007 Nancy Duffy, Melodie Olson

In Brief Recovering from cardiac arrest, your patient reports an out-of-body experience. Do you know how to respond? Following resuscitation from cardiac arrest, a patient may report memories of an otherworldly experience. Find out what researchers have learned about these experiences and how to respond to a patient who's had one.