About
Johan Israelsson is a Clinical Lecturer at Linnaeus University's Department of Health and Care Sciences, within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. He is also a Doctor of Medicine in Nursing and serves as a CPR coordinator at Kalmar County Hospital and the County Council's clinical training center. His research focuses on cardiac arrest survivors' health-related quality of life and post-arrest care, leading to his role as a founder of the iCARE (Innovative Cardiac Arrest Research Group). He holds leadership positions in the Swedish CPR Council, including regional manager for southeast Sweden and chair of the working group for post-cardiac arrest care guidelines. His work includes developing national guidelines, contributing to the Swedish CPR Register, and advancing patient-reported outcome measures (PROM).
Israelsson's research emphasizes survivor outcomes, such as cognitive function, mental health, and insomnia associations, using large-scale registry studies. He has published extensively on disparities in cardiac arrest care, including socioeconomic and ethnic bias analyses. His educational role involves supervising nursing students' theses and clinical training. Notable collaborations include the CESAR research network and work with Linköping University on his 2020 PhD thesis Health-related quality of life after cardiac arrest.
His academic contributions span over 30 peer-reviewed articles since 2015, with a focus on in-hospital vs. out-of-hospital cardiac arrest comparisons, comorbidity impacts, and geographic access to emergency care. He actively bridges clinical practice and research, advocating for evidence-based resuscitation protocols and patient-centered outcomes.
