EMS Care of Adult Hospice Patients– a Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP and AAHPM
Amelia Breyre, David H. Wang, Justin K. Brooten, Christopher B. Colwell, Kenneth C. Hanson, Michael Taigman, John W. Lyng
Abstract
Emergency medical services (EMS) systems are designed to provide care in the field and while transporting patients to a hospital; however, patients enrolled in hospice may not want invasive therapies nor benefit from hospitalization. For many reasons, encounters with hospice patients can be challenging for EMS systems, EMS clinicians, hospice clinicians, hospice patients, and their families.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineReimbursementPalliative careHospice careNursingPsychological interventionEnd-of-life careScope of practiceEmergency medical servicesMedical emergencyHealth careEconomic growthEconomicsPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsDisaster Response and Management