Palliative Care for Trauma Patients-Palliative Care for Trauma Patients

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In this video, Dr. McKenzie Cook from Oregon Health Science University speaks about the importance of palliative care for trauma patients. He proposes that palliative care should be provided to every trauma patient, but acknowledges that for the purpose of the talk, he will limit the discussion to trauma patients. Dr. Cook emphasizes the need for primary palliative care, which is palliative care provided by the primary treating team, and discusses the benefits of implementing primary palliative care in trauma centers. He also explores different models of integrating palliative care into trauma care, including primary palliative care, integrated palliative care, and consultative palliative care. Dr. Cook highlights the importance of building capacity within the trauma team to provide primary palliative care and suggests resources for training, such as the Vital Talks organization, which provides training in high-stakes communication. He discusses the use of the best case, worst case communication tool in difficult conversations with patients and families. Dr. Cook also mentions the Oregon Post Registry, which is a database of patient's advanced directives that can be used to inform treatment decisions. He concludes by suggesting that implementing primary palliative care and trauma centers and improving communication skills can help enhance the care provided to trauma patients.

Keywords

palliative care

trauma patients

primary palliative care

trauma centers

integrating palliative care

consultative palliative care

building capacity

training resources

high-stakes communication

Oregon Post Registry