CME: End of Life Care in ED

End of Life Care in ED from SCGH ED CME

Here is Hassan’s talk on end of life care and discussions in the ED.

Resources:

• End of Life Discussions in the ED by Lakmal at CME 08/2016
• Advance Planning for Quality Care at End of Life from NSW Health
• End of Life Care in the Emergency Department from The Emergency Care Institute (NSW)
• Care plan for the dying person from WA Health The new Care Plan for the Dying Person, developed by the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network with expert clinicians, supports best practice and quality improvement in care of the dying and replaces the WA Liverpool Care Pathway (WA lcp). The multi-professional Care Plan prompts completeness of care by individual health professionals and teams and can be individualised to meet the needs of each patient and their family/carer(s). The Care Plan has been trialled in several public and private health services in metropolitan and country settings and commenced clinical use early in 2016. NOT currently in active use at SCGH (but coming ?late 2017)

• If you die, do you want to stay dead? by Rick Abbott from LITFL

• Advanced Health Directives from the DOHWA website provides links to several sources of information:
  • Preparing an Advance Health Directive
  • Advance Health Directive Guide for Health Professionals

• Palliative Care Medications:
  • ETG Therapeutic Guidelines: Palliative Care
    • Emergency care presentations in palliative care
  • Palliative Medications – list / indications & dosing from ECI NSW
  • Core palliative medicines – from RACGP
  • Palliative Care Medications List – including indication and dosing from DOHWA

• SCGH Palliative Care Staff Contacts – (intranet)