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Description: “What care do patient’s family members need during and after their loved one has a cardiac arrest?” - question #5 of the James Lind Foundation Priority Setting Partnership on Cardiac Arrest Research led by Dr. Katie Dainty. (source: www.jla.nihr.ac.uk/priority-setting-partnerships/cardiac-arrest/) This is the question we are attempting to address in an international program of research that partners with the families of persons who have experienced cardiac arrest. Our co-investigators and collaborators with lived experience participate in all stages of project development and execution. During the early phase of the project (from 2020 to 2023) we focus on the early phase of cardiac arrest care, from the time of recognition of cardiac arrest to the time the deceased's body becomes inaccessible or the survivor becomes responsive (emerges from coma and/or therapeutic hypothermia). We wish to describe the care needs of families experiencing cardiac arrest care of a loved-one and how those care needs can be met. You can join our team and get involved if you have lived experience of cardiac arrest care as either a survivor or a family member of a person who experienced a cardiac arrest. This work is facilitated in part by Matthew J Douma. Email:douma@ualberta.ca and Twitter @matthewjdouma - reach out to me to get involved!