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*Please take the quiz below the video to receive credit.

Objectives

Describe Population Health
Differentiate Palliative Care versus Hospice
Explain primary palliative care versus consultative palliative care.
Describe EEPC

Articles

Dying With Dignity in the Intensive Care Unit
Generalist plus Specialist Palliative Care – Creating a More Sustainable Model

Lecture

Quiz

Palliative Care

Name*
First Last
1. Which statement is correct?*
- a. Palliative consults are for chronic illness and hospice is for terminal illness.
- b. Hospice should be considered when the expected prognosis is greater than 1 year.
- c. It is not possible to seek life prolonging-curative treatment while undergoing palliative care.
- d. None of the above.
2. Which of the following will be managed by primary palliative care?*
- a. Pain
- b. Symptoms
- c. Depression
- d. Anxiety
- e. All of the Above
3. According to the International Comparison of Spending on Health, the United States average spending on health per capita is higher than which of the following countries?*
- a. France
- b. Germany
- c. Australia
- d. All of the above
4. True or False: Palliative Care can assist in discussing cases of near futility with patients or patient families.*
- True
- False
5. True or False: Palliative care will not assist with conflict resolution between staff and patient families or between treatment teams.*
- True
- False
6. Which of the following is not a reason for the initiation of the Care and Communication Bundle?*
- a. To address unmet family needs
- b. To addressing the suffering of patients and families
- c. To prevent provider stress and burnout
- d. To improve national reporting
7. True or False: The article by Azoulay et. al. evaluated a family information leaflet to improve effectiveness of information to family members of ICU patients which led to significantly better comprehension and improved satisfaction.*
- True
- False
8. True or False: In a retrospective observational cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries, placing a patient on hospice lead to a mean overall survival of + 29 days.*
- True
- False
9. True or False: A patient who wishes to continue to receive curative treatment is not a candidate for palliative care.*
- True
- False
10. Which of the following would not be included in a basic palliative care discussion?*
- a. Code Status
- b. Prognosis
- c. Treatment of symptoms of suffering
- d. None of the above

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