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Palliative Care in the ED – Part 2

Palliative Care in the ED – Part 2

by Alex Viau, Josee Malette, Mejbel Alazemi | Oct 14, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries

We are back with Part-2 of our blog series on Palliative Care in the ED. If you haven’t already check-out Part 1 HERE. In this series, we will delve into the subject further by exploring the following topics:  Screening Tools: The Old and the New Education and...
Palliative Care in the ED – Part 1

Palliative Care in the ED – Part 1

by Alex Viau, Josee Malette, Mejbel Alazemi | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries

Pulling back the Pall from palliative care The word pall refers to a traditional death shroud or a dark cloud of dust or smoke. The aim of this blog post is both explore some of the inequities and recommendations for the palliative care landscape today, but also to...
End-of-life care in the ED related to COVID-19

End-of-life care in the ED related to COVID-19

by Ariel Hendin, Lisa Fischer, Shahbaz Syed | Mar 27, 2020 | cardiac arrest, COVID-19, Featured, Infographics, Resuscitation, Slider

Hot off the press from CJEM; End-of-life care in the Emergency Department for the patient imminently dying of a highly transmissible acute respiratory infection (such as COVID-19).
A How-to Guide to Goals of Care Discussions in the Emergency Department

A How-to Guide to Goals of Care Discussions in the Emergency Department

by Michael Wong, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Apr 11, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy, Resuscitation

In this two-part series, Dr. Michael Wong begins by reviewing a rational and patient-centered approach to difficult discussions in the Emergency Department around goals of care and resuscitation. In part two, we discuss the process for obtaining consent for incapable...
Dying to Know More: Death and Dying in the ED in the Era of MAiD

Dying to Know More: Death and Dying in the ED in the Era of MAiD

by Thara Kumar, Richard Hoang | Sep 20, 2018 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Patient Advocacy

Medical Assistance in Dying, or MAiD, was first legalized in Canada in 2016.  At first glance, it may have seemed that this legislation, while an important step in Canadian medical care, would have fairly little impact on our practice in the Emergency Department (ED)....
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