Thirteen months after her first appearance, Dr Uzma Sajjad is back. RescQ, the co-survivor support service she leads at the Essex Cardiothoracic Centre with the East of England Ambulance Service, has finished its one-year pilot. The headline: of 432 eligible cardiac arrests in Essex, just over half resulted in someone being offered support, comfortably clearing the feasibility target. Around 300 co-survivors were reached. Twenty-seven of them asked for a personal conversation, and Uzma ended up having each one herself. What she heard in them was not what she expected.
In this episode:
Our first conversation with Dr Sajjad, recorded when RescQ was three months old: https://suddencardiacarrestuk.org/2025/11/new-podcast-episode-rescq-support-for-the-forgotten-patients-with-dr-uzma-sajjad/
Did you witness a cardiac arrest, do CPR or make the call? You do not need to be in Essex to get help: https://suddencardiacarrestuk.org/get-support/co-survivors/
Work for an ambulance service, cardiac network or trust? If you want to know what it would take to bring something like RescQ to your area, email info@scauk.org and we will connect you with the Essex team.
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