Neuropsychological care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - the CARE clinic model.

European Resuscitation Council guidelines recommend screening for cognitive and emotional problems for all survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and prompt referral to a psychiatrist, psychologist or neuropsychologist when appropriate. In our specialist cardiac centre we have created the first care after resuscitation (CARE) clinic to offer cardiac arrest survivors and their carers psychological, cognitive and medical support up to 1 year after discharge from hospital. In our specialist centre, we see in excess of 70 OHCA survivors a year. …