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Family Presence During Resuscitation Essay

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Nowadays, families expect that they should participate in their own care and decision in health care management. Traditionally, resuscitation is done by health care personnel where family members are excluded from witnessing of this procedure. However, in the last few decades, this idea has been changed into an offering support by allowing family members to be present during resuscitation. The presence of the family members during resuscitation remain controversial. Therefore, there is needed to analysis and argue that some opinions which are associated with the effects of family allowance during resuscitation. Therefore, this paper will discuss the current evidence that the systematic offering of family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) is an ethically sound practice, with minimal demonstrable harms to patients and family members. FPDR is also a supportive approach to achieve the autonomy …show more content…

In that situation, family members who are present at the time of attempted resuscitation are at high risk for emotional and physical burdens.1On the other hand, being family present during resuscitation may help the family members understand that everything possible to bring the patient back to life has been implemented.1 In addition to quelling suspicion about behind-closed-doors resuscitation efforts and unrealistic expectations of such efforts, the family member's presence may offer the opportunity for a last goodbye and help that person grasp the reality of death, with the hope that the bereavement process will not be prolonged or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Although, the benefits and drawbacks of family presence during resuscitation have been argued since 1987,1 the potential benefits must be weighed against the possibility of stress induced in health care providers and an increase in the emotional burden on family members, as well as the risk of legal claims

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