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: 1326
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: 1286
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: 1888
Less can be more: Researching non-beneficial treatment at the end-of-life Advances in medicine mean health care professionals can prolong life, yet some treatments have a low chance of providing tangible benefits to some patients, can result in a... Read more... 23/07/2019 | Health Professionals | Acute Care | Specialist Palliative Care Tags: Research Views: 1540