Alexander M Presciutti

The relationship between mindfulness and enduring somatic threat severity in long-term cardiac arrest survivors.

Journal of Behavioral Medicine October 2023 Alexander M Presciutti, Sarah M Bannon, Jolin B Yamin et al.

Cardiac arrest (CA) survivors experience continuous exposures to potential traumas though chronic cognitive, physical and emotional sequelae and enduring somatic threats (ESTs) (i.e., recurring somatic traumatic reminders of the event). Sources of ESTs can include the daily sensation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), ICD-delivered shocks, pain from rescue compressions,...