Cardiac Patients at End of Life in the Emergency Department
Fig. 6.1 Trajectories of dying (From Lunney et al. [8]. Reprinted with permission from John Wiley and Sons) In most cases, it is difficult for ED physicians to provide a…
Management of Hospitalized Patients with Unexpected Cardiopulmonary Arrest
1. Social work (SW) or support person calls family (friends/loved ones) to the hospital. Do not deliver news of death over the phone unless impractical to do otherwise 2. Family…
End of Life Care in the Intensive Care Unit
Domains of quality ICU palliative care [18]a Examples of ICU palliative care quality indicators [19] Patient- and family-centered decision making Identification of a medical decision maker (or other appropriate surrogate)…
Decision Making About End of Life Care: Advance Directives, Durable Power of Attorney for Healthcare, and Talking with Patients with Heart Disease About Dying
Year Event 1967 First advance directive created by Luis Kutner 1976 First state law (California) legally sanctioning living wills 1976 New Jersey Supreme Court establishes right of family member to…
