[Announce a death rapes to the close relations in emergency situation and taken care]

Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2012 May;31(5):437-41. doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2011.12.016. Epub 2012 Mar 30.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The death is a part of the everyday life of the emergency medical teams, but to announce the death and to take care in immediate of the saddened close relations rest a testing experience for which the professionals of the emergency care are not still prepared. Our comment aims from the experience of care of families, saddened in immediate and also recorded within the framework of a specialized consultation, to pass on what the saddened persons can feel during the intervention of the help and the confrontation in the death of their close. Our objective being to bring to the professionals of the tracks of reflection to limit the risks of survictimisation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Communication
  • Death*
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Family*
  • Grief*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Policy