Module 4 - Decision-making
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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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