Table 3. Themes of Interview Participants’ Internal Experience of Trauma Resuscitation.

Theme	Participants (References), No.	Representative Quotations
Emotional responses	29 (220)	NA
Fear	NA	“I ain’t never had nothing like that happen to me in my life…I coulda been dead.”
Agitation	NA	“…[Y]our adrenaline is rushing.”
Loss of control	NA	“I’m laying there naked on somebody’s table. You know what I’m saying? Vulnerable.”
Comfort and safety	NA	“When [the team] took control…I felt more safe…I felt blessed when I was in here.”
		“…[M]y wife and I are very close. And I, at a time like that, I just wanted to feel her presence.”
Realization	NA	“Coming to realizing that…I may have a drinking problem…a major wake-up call for me.”
		“I’m just starting back from the bottom just getting my life back together positively. “
Physical experience	30 (174)	NA
Pain	NA	“I was screaming pretty much like a baby.”
Bleeding	NA	“…[B]lood was just coming from everywhere.”
Fatigue	NA	“…[I]n and out, drowsy…so I lost time.”
Nonclinical concerns	28 (75)	NA
Family	NA	“…[W]hy did this have to happen to me in front of my kids?”
		“My kids, my mom, who’s gonna do what[?]”
Work	NA	“Am I gonna be able to work like I was? Because I’m on my knees, I’m putting framing, I’m doing molding, I’m climbing ladders.”
Safety	NA	“I was just worried that the police didn’t get him and that he was going to come in here and kill me, because he told me he was going to kill me.”

Abbreviation: NA, not applicable.