Palliative care for ambulance clinicians workshop

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Palliative care for ambulance clinicians virtual workshop

Who: All Ambulance staff who have direct patient contact
When: Wednesday 28th September 2022
Where: Virtual via Zoom
Time: 10:00 – 13:00 (Registration from 09:45)
Cost: Free

Aims:

To consider approaches to care for those who are approaching the end of life and call 999.

Objectives:

  • To recognise dying
  • To describe the role of anticipatory medicines to keep patients comfortable
  • To explore documents available to aid decision making (including Respect and DNACPR forms)
  • To recognise palliative care emergencies
  • To consider approaches to difficult conversations
  • To identify services available to support palliative care patients


Presented by:
This workshop will be brought to you by clinicians working within East of England Ambulance NHS Trust and different specialist palliative care providers in Hertfordshire.

Published 22nd August 2022