#43: The Co-Survivor with Kristin Flanary, MA (aka Lady Glaucomflecken)

We're honored in this episode to talk with Kristin Flanary, MA (aka Lady Glaucomflecken). She shares her experience when her famously hilarious husband (Will Flanary, MD aka Dr. Glaucomflecken) unexpectedly went into cardiac arrest while sleeping. Her quick action saved his life, but she talks about how that experience changed her and her subsequent journey coming back from what she calls The Quiet Place. 

In healthcare, so much on the patient in the gurney, but often overlooked are the family/loved ones/friends who are also affected. Some have labeled them The Forgotten Patients or Co-Survivors. In many cases, they get pushed to the side, but they've just had a significant trauma in their own right as well. 

Kristin also touches on some of the experiences with healthcare in the days after the event that could have been improved with minimal effort and just a little thoughtfulness.

We know you'll love Kristin as much as we did. Enjoy. 

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Links:

Kristin's Twitter: Lady Glaucomflecken

Kristin's Email: LadyGlaucomflecken@gmail.com

Flanary K. The Quiet Place. Journal of Cardiac Failure. VOLUME 27, ISSUE 11 , P1300-1301, NOVEMBER 01, 2021. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.10.002

@PSnobelen. A thread of what I share with Lay-Responders after acting to Save a Life, based on the real life questions they ask. Feel free to use this info in your courses, talking etc. Posted September 2, 2020. Accessed June 14, 2021. https://twitter.com/PSnobelen/status/1301187168153591810

@PSnobelen. More common Questions and Answers. Posted September 2, 2020. Accessed June 14, 2021. https://twitter.com/PSnobelen/status/1301187168153591810

Haywood K, Dainty KN.Life after cardiac arrest: The importance of engaging with the 'forgotten patient'. Resuscitation. 2018 Jul; 128 (Epub 2018 May 1PMID:29727707): A1-A2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2018.04.034

Awdish R. Shock: My Journey from Death to Recovery and the Redemptive Power of Hope. Picador, New York2018