Table 5.

Realities and challenges of voluntary community cardiac arrest response; key themes and sub-themes (cont.).

Theme/sub-theme	Description	Illustrative quote(s)
Difficult situations with potential for psychosocial impact	GPs highlighted the complex situations and potential psychosocial burden that could accompany participation.	GP7: Oh well, oh my god, the whole place ran, there was screaming and roaring all over the place, it was horrific. But, did it affect me personally? Yeah, that day it did, it was horrific. GP2: There might be pressure from the family pro or anti-resuscitation, there might be pressure from the nursing home to transport the patient out, there might be pressure from your colleagues. So, I have been involved in resuscitations where I wasn’t fully comfortable with resuscitating the patient to start with and I have just been, not bullied but I have been put under a lot of pressure to continue resuscitation where I probably wasn’t that comfortable with it.