Module 4 - Decision-making
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Understanding palliative care calls, grief and the paramedic’s role Understanding palliative care calls, grief and the paramedic’s role
Module 1Paramedics, palliative care, and grief
Module 2Assessment and building trust
Module 3Explaining clinical information and what to expect
Module 4Decision-making
- Decision making
- Introduction
- Goals of care and the care plan
- Legal documents related to decision-making
- Approaching discussions
- Patient is conscious, competent, and willing to make decisions
- Patient is unconscious, unwilling, or unable to make decisions
- Patient's wishes aren’t documented or known
- When the answer isn't clear
- Treatment requests contradict patient wishes
- Futile measures are requested
- Navigating disagreements
- If the intervention proceeds
- In summary
- Module 4 Survey
Module 5Challenging situations
Module 6Supporting the patient and family
Module 7Responding to the stresses of paramedicine
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