1. COMMUNICATION ISN’T ALWAYS EASY: END OF LIFE DISCUSSIONS
Dr. John Taylor
St Vincent Hospital
Leanne Johnson-Meeter, PA-C
Gundersen Lutheran Hospital
Dr. Gaby Iskandar
St. Joseph Hospital Marshfield
Moderator:
Michael Anderson, PA-C
Surgical Recovery Services Manager
UW Health OPO

3. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
Recall from your experience a donation case where you had to deliver the grave prognosis to a family…

4. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
What key elements of the conversation are critical to ensure a family really understands the futility/finality for their loved ones?

5. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
When there is potential for organ donation, how is delivering bad news different (or is there a difference) from when there is not organ donation potential?

6. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
When a colleague/consulting service has painted a different picture of the prognosis to the family (perhaps more hopeful than you think is warranted) what do you do to remedy this?

7. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
RN’s, Social Workers, and Chaplains are sometimes caught in the middle when these “mixed messages” from providers occur.
What advice would you offer to help them when these situations arise?

8. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
Question to Audience:
Does anyone have a success story of helping a family deal with conflicting messages from different providers?
How did you help the family get the right message?

9. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
How does the delivery of the message of grave prognosis change for a pediatric patient?

10. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
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11. Delivering the Grave Prognosis
Does anyone in the audience have a question for our panelists?
Trauma Surgeon Intensivist?
Pediatric Intensivist?
Neuro-Surgery PA?