Resuscitation has radically changed the way we respond to cardiac arrest (the heart not pumping) but it hasn’t changed the reality that eventually, everyone dies. Presenting at the recent New Zealand Resuscitation Council Conference, Dr Natalie Anderson asked: What is the difference between cardiac arrest and death? And how do we continue to strengthen the chain of survival whilst also acknowledging that resuscitation is sometimes unwanted, unwarranted or unsuccessful?

Natalie Anderson took her research to a new forum - the Public Health Palliative Care International Conference - seeking-out a different audience and approach to science communication.