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30 de sept. de 2022 · Early identification of palliative care needs and initiation of comfort care can drastically improve patient care and quality of life. Although emergency physicians agree that palliative care is an important area of knowledge, there is a gap in palliative care training in emergency medicine residencies.
18 de abr. de 2022 · PC in the ED can potentially improve patient symptoms, facilitate access to relevant services, reduce length of stay, improve care at the EoL, facilitate bereavement and postbereavement support for family members, and improve ED staff confidence in delivering PC.
This novel multicentre study evaluating end-of-life (EOL) care provided in the emergency department (ED) will be able to evaluate the quality of clinical management rendered to EOL patients via a multiprong approach, from clinical charts and perceptions of family members who were at the bedside.
19 de oct. de 2023 · Discussion will be centered around core principles in screening, assessment, and management of palliative care needs in the ED, importance of goals of care conversations, and the coordination of early palliative care and hospice consults that can facilitate safe transitions of care.
1 de abr. de 2010 · Researchers in palliative care, geriatrics, and oncology have published several tools and models to aid in difficult discussions with seriously ill patients. The Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care 6-step model, also known as the SPIKES model (setup–perception–invitation–knowledge–empathize; Box 1) is one of the most widely Box 1
1 de jun. de 2014 · This may help shift to noncurative treatment. This article will summarize the following: identification of patients who may need palliation, discussing prognosis, eliciting goals of care and directives, symptom management in the ED, and making plans for further care.
Palliative care in the ED is one of the top five research priorities from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and is often an underestimated part of the ED workload. These patients need to be recognised early and their care considered holistically.
