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Department of Anesthesiology College of Medicine
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Clinical Overview

ICU Palliative Care

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

Objectives

  1. Describe Population Health
  2. Differentiate Palliative Care versus Hospice
  3. Explain primary palliative care versus consultative palliative care.
  4. Describe EEPC

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Quiz

Name(Required)
1. Which statement is correct?(Required)
2. Which of the following will be managed by primary palliative care?(Required)
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?(Required)
4. True or False: Palliative Care can assist in discussing cases of near futility with patients or patient families.(Required)
5. True or False: Palliative care will not assist with conflict resolution between staff and patient families or between treatment teams.(Required)
6. Which of the following is not a reason for the initiation of the Care and Communication Bundle?(Required)
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.(Required)
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.(Required)
9. True or False: A patient who wishes to continue to receive curative treatment is not a candidate for palliative care.(Required)
10. Which of the following would not be included in a basic palliative care discussion?(Required)