Patients' lived experiences of breathlessness prior to prehospital care - A phenomenological study.
Nurs Open
; 9(4): 2179-2189, 2022 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1888797
ABSTRACT
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:
The study aimed to describe how breathlessness is experienced by patients prior to prehospital care.DESIGN:
A qualitative phenomenological design.METHODS:
Lifeworld interviews were conducted with 14 participants. The analysis was carried out within the descriptive phenomenological framework.RESULTS:
The essential meaning of the breathlessness phenomenon is described as an existential fear in terms of losing control over one's body and dying, which involves a battle to try to regain control. This is further described by four constituents being in an unknown body, striving to handle the situation, the ambiguity of having loved ones close and reaching the utmost border.CONCLUSIONS:
Patients describe a battling for survival. It is at the extreme limit of endurance that patients finally choose to call the emergency number. It is a challenge for the ambulance clinician (AC) to support these patients in the most optimal fashion.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Ambulances
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Existentialism
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Nurs Open
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Nop2.1247
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