A 45-year-old female with end-stage COPD presents with acute breathlessness and drowsiness. Despite optimized medical management and prior discussions on care preferences, she declines interventions and has died shortly after admission.
A 45-year-old female with end-stage COPD presents with acute breathlessness and drowsiness. Despite optimized medical management and prior discussions on care preferences, she declines interventions and has died shortly after admission.
This module focusses on the emergency department care of patients post-cardiac arrest i.e. after the return of spontaneous circulation.
This session focusses on the emergency department care of patients post-cardiac arrest i.e. after the return of spontaneous circulation.
This learning session explores how to recognise patient trajectories as they approach the end of their lives, as well as the diagnosis of dying.
This session explores how to recognise patient trajectories as they approach the end of their lives, as well as the diagnosis of dying.
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A patient attends majors, with sepsis. You overhear someone saying “they’re palliative care, so we don’t need to do anything