What are your typical recommendations for when a patient can return to work following a cardiac arrest, considering the variation in neurological recovery and the potential ramifications based on the type of job?  

Impossible to answer categorically. As the question implies, there are so many variables, including the nature of the job, physical demands, patient age, co-morbidities, and extent of neurological and psychological recovery. The latter may be the most important since return to work may be helpful or...