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A research paramedic is inviting people in the North East and Cumbria who have experienced sudden bereavement to take part in anonymous interviews. The aim is to improve how ambulance crews provide emotional support after unexpected deaths.
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00:00The Northeast Ambulance Service is inviting people in the northeast of England and Cumbria
00:05who've lost loved ones unexpectedly to take part in anonymous interviews about their experiences
00:11to help improve emotional support from ambulance crews.
00:16Owen Finney, a research paramedic for NEAS, says there is limited research on bereavement care
00:22outside of hospital settings and wants to understand what families found helpful
00:27or what could be improved when emergency crews deliver bad news after a sudden death of a family member.
00:34When someone dies unexpectedly, crews perform resuscitation on 10 to 20 patients daily in the northeast
00:41and interviews are online or in-person settings.
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