With Fearful Eyes: Exploring Relatives' Experiences With Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) imposes significant consequences for a family, but little is known about relatives' experiences.

Objective: Our aim was to explore relatives' experiences with the OHCA and the following months after.

Method: A qualitative approach using phenomenological-hermeneutic methodology was applied.