Palliative Care Archives

EMCrit 285 – More on Palliative Care Conversations in Resuscitation

November 12, 2020 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 7 Comments

A meandering conversation on end-of-life palliative care conversations

EMCrit 276 – The Rapid Code Status Conversation with Kei Ouchi

June 25, 2020 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 6 Comments

Rapid Code Status Conversations are essential to render proper and compassionate care…

EMCrit 165 – The Semantics of End of Life Discussions with Ashley Shreves

January 10, 2016 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 1 Comment

How to have an end of life conversation in the ED

EMCrit 93 – Critical Care Palliation with Ashley Shreves

February 18, 2013 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 20 Comments

One of the best palliative care lectures I have ever heard.

EMCrit 25 – End of Life and Palliative Care in the ED

April 24, 2010 by Scott Weingart, MD FCCM 4 Comments

Aggressive palliative care is just as important as aggressive critical care in the ED. Sometimes we will be the first physicians to talk to a family about end of life issues, even if their loved one is terminally ill. Now that is not how it should be, but it just means that we must be just as skilled at family palliative care discussions as we are at floating a transvenous pacer. In this podcast, I discuss my vision of how to handle palliative care issues in the ED.