CH-EOL End of life and palliative care
A short summary in PICUlearn's own words. The original wording is in the publisher's document.
- EOL1 Following palliative care plans collaboratively
- EOL2 Following end of life care plans collaboratively
- EOL3 Supporting families with end of life choices
- EOL4 Memory making
- EOL5 Assisting with last offices
- EOL6 Taking hand and foot prints
- EOL7 Preparing a body to go home
- EOL8 Use and access of body bags
- EOL9 Documentation after a patient death
- EOL10 Information resources for bereaved families
- EOL11 Roles of visiting palliative professionals
- EOL12 Own role and limits in care planning
- EOL13 Mortuary transfer and coroner involvement
- EOL14 Best interests, autonomy, treatment limitation and DNAR
- EOL15 Sensitive communication about end of life
- EOL16 Supporting families around death and bereavement
- EOL17 Early organ donation referral
- EOL18 Recognising and accessing personal support
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Videos
- Pediatric Medical Complexity: Shared Insights by B. Markovitz & A. Schrooten | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Paediatric Palliative Care in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit and Beyond-Info EAPCVideo
- Pediatric End-of-Life Guidelines & Insights by D. DeCourcey and S. Derrington | OPENPediatricsOPENPediatricsVideo
- Communication Strategies & Palliative Care in the PICU--Part 2Zac HodgesVideo
- Communication Strategies & Palliative Care in the PICU--Part 1Zac HodgesVideo
Guidelines and evidence
- Canadian Guidelines for Controlled Pediatric Donation After Circulatory Determination of Death-Summary Report.Canadian Critical Care Society / Canadian Blood Services (Canadian national DCD guideline panel), 2017Guideline or evidence
- Futile therapy protocols: A 3-year review of the implementation of Polish guidelines on ineffective organ function maintenance in pediatric intensive care unit-A pilot study.BMC Palliative Care, 2025Guideline or evidence
- Implementation of Polish guidelines on futile therapy protocols in pediatric intensive care units: a multicenter retrospective review.Scientific Reports, 2026Guideline or evidence
- Society of Critical Care Medicine 2026 Guidelines on the Care and Management of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Patients at the End of Life.Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM/ACCM), 2026Guideline or evidence
- Executive Summary of Society of Critical Care Medicine 2026 Guidelines on the Care and Management of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Patients at the End of Life.Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), 2026Guideline or evidence