Accepting and supporting death in acute care is a needed first step In a three-part blog series, End-of-Life Care Nurse Practitioner Jeanette Lacey provides insight into her role in improving the quality of care and support to those who die in... Read more... 16/06/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: End-of-Life Care | End-of-Life Essentials Views: 577
End-of-life care in emergency departments: things we need to know Many patients at the end of life are sent to Emergency Departments (EDs). In this blog, Tomi Omoya a Registered Nurse and PhD Candidate at Flinders University,... Read more... 21/04/2021 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: Research Views: 610
Death is a part of life - the core of End-of-Life Essentials In the sixth blog for our National Palliative Care Project series Associate Professor Kim Devery, Project Lead and Ms Deb Rawlings, Co-Lead of End-of-Life Essentials (EOLE)... Read more... 22/10/2020 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: Education and training | National Palliative Care Projects Views: 514
CPR discussions and decisions: a necessary part of medical treatment planning Discussions about CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) are difficult because they confront the person with death. However, when cardiac arrest occurs there is no time to ponder... Read more... 9/06/2020 | Health Professionals | Acute Care Tags: ELDAC | Advance care planning Views: 541