Palliative Care in the ED

May 17, 2025 00:26:02
Palliative Care in the ED
Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine
Palliative Care in the ED

May 17 2025 | 00:26:02

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Show Notes

Approximately 75% of patients older than 65 years of age are seen in an ED within 6 months of their death.  While palliative care teams are now present in many hospitals in the US, they are often not present 24/7 or in resource-limited settings.  As such, there may be an opportunity to improve palliative care in the ED by providing palliative care education to ED team members.  In this podcast, we review the recently published PRIM-ER trial, which evaluated the impact of a robust primary palliative care intervention on hospital admission rates in 29 EDs across the US.

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