CE Article: Death Communication—What We've Failed to Teach
Understand the state of current education as it relates to death and grieving; List five practices EMS providers can implement to alleviate family suffering; Describe how occupational resilience is essential to effective EMS work; Learn what terms to avoid when communicating with those who are grieving. Almost 10 years ago I spotted the words Coping with Death (optional) listed in the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instructor manual. “Why don’t we ever teach this section?” I asked the man who gave me my first job as an American Heart Association instructor. He uncomfortably r...
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