Death Disclosure and Delivery of Difficult News in Trauma #305

Development of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Knowledge and Skills for Emergency Medicine Residents: Using the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Framework

“…Fast Facts provides concise, practical, peer‐reviewed, and evidence‐based summaries on key palliative care topics important to clinicians and trainees caring for patients facing serious illness. Approximately 10 Fast Facts that are applicable to a core curriculum in emergency medicine can be accessed on the “core curriculum” section on the Palliative Care Network of Wisconsin website (online access is free with requested password) . Another resource is the Education in Palliative and End‐of‐Life Care for Emergency Medicine.…”

Optimizing resource utilization: palliative care consultations in critically ill pediatric trauma patients

“…[2][3][4][5] Specifically in trauma patients, key components of palliative care include effective communication and support around prognosis and treatment plans, shared decision making with the patient and family, development of a psychosocial care plan, and providing a framework for sudden delivery of bad news. [4][5][6] It is well known that communication remains a major source of medical errors and patient dissatisfaction with care; in fact, involvement of supportive services in the care of critically ill injured patients has demonstrated improved communication with patients and family, earlier goals of care discussions, and decreased length of stay, with no increase in mortality. 4 5 Shortly after the ACS-TQIP best practice guideline was released, a number of Level 1 trauma centers began implementing and validating practice management guidelines (PMGs) for the role of palliative care in trauma patients, and quickly found that these guidelines increased patient satisfaction, particularly for the care of geriatric trauma patients.…”