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Setup and Execution of the Rapid Cycle Deliberate Practice Death Notification Curriculum
Published on: August 5, 2020
[Ethical issues surrounding death in pre-hospital medicine]
Delphine Hugenschmitt1, Pierre Le Coz2, Hugues Lefort3
1Samu/Smur, Hôpital Édouard-Herriot, 5 place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France.
Abstract:
Mobile emergency and resuscitation teams are confronted with death on a daily basis. In the home, the management of a death is complex. It raises ethical questions and sometimes destabilizes personal or collective values. Our single-center qualitative survey, conducted over a one-month period (2022), questioned 64/154 caregivers about the moral burden and challenges of such situations. The consequences of operational experience are discussed: time, fatigue, emotions and training. The quality of presence is an alternative to the success or failure of cardiac arrest care at home.
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