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Palliative Care and the ED

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Author: Deb
Date: Dec 13, 2007 5:01 pm
Many pt's are approp for palliative care input from pain and symptom management to decision-making and options to withdrawal of support discussions. My trauma nursing experience helps me to help families look at the "big picture" and future needs, such as the severely brain injured pt. I participate in many family conferences and assist with decision-making.
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Re:Re:Upcoming Trauma talk (by REButin on 12/13/2007)
Thanks, Deb. You are so right about helping out with perspective. Family conferences in trauma are tough. I guess it depends on the stature of the Palliative Care team within each institution. I tend to want to defer alot of this to our non-physician "team" members because the medical discussion in that setting needs to come from the trauma physicians themselves. If we place ourselves between the physician and the family/pt in an "interpretive" role our task would be endless.

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