
Patients & Families
Content in the area is sorted for patients and families. A patient is an individual who is receiving health care and family includes anyone that plays an important role in the patient's life.
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Getting Started, Staying Involved: An EMSC Toolkit for Family Representatives
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Working With Patient and Families as Advisors: Implementation Handbook (AHRQ)
From AHRQ, The goal of the Working With Patients and Families as Advisors strategy is to bring the perspectives of patients and families directly into the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care. The tools that …
From AHRQ, The goal of the Working With Patients and Families as Advisors strategy is …
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Promoting Patient and Family-Centered Care in the Prehospital Setting: A Toolkit for Medical Directors
PowerPoint presentation (PDF) from NAEMSP 2018 Annual Meeting. Presented by Dr. Saranya Srinivasan. Objectives: After attending this presentation, the participant will be able to: 1) Define patient and family-centered care and discuss its importance in …
PowerPoint presentation (PDF) from NAEMSP 2018 Annual Meeting. Presented by Dr. Saranya Srinivasan. Objectives: After …
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Communicating With Children and Families: From Everyday Interactions to Skill in Conveying Distressing Information (AAP)
Health care communication is a skill that is critical to safe and effective medical practice; it can and must be taught. Communication skill influences patient disclosure, treatment adherence and outcome, adaptation to illness, and bereavement. …
Health care communication is a skill that is critical to safe and effective medical practice; …
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Bereavement Support Resources for Families and Professionals
Presented February 20, 2019 Fatality Review personnel, caregivers, and workers dealing with bereaved families often express their need to know more about how to communicate with and provide services for families following an infant or …
Presented February 20, 2019 Fatality Review personnel, caregivers, and workers dealing with bereaved families often …
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I Speak... Language Identification Guide
“I Speak” is a set of tools offered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). This guide assists literate individuals who are not proficient in English …
“I Speak” is a set of tools offered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security …
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Family-Centered Prehospital Care: Partnering with Families to Improve Care
This document from NAEMT and HRSA MCHB describes family-centered care and provides tips for providing family-centered prehospital care.
This document from NAEMT and HRSA MCHB describes family-centered care and provides tips for providing …
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Child Death Review 101
This session will focus on the fundamental basics for Child Death Review (CDR), including common team members and composition; best practices for selecting cases to review; process for conducting the review; the role of data; …
This session will focus on the fundamental basics for Child Death Review (CDR), including common …
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Post-Disaster Reunification of Children: A Nationwide Approach
Post-Disaster Reunification of Children: A Nationwide Approach illustrates the significance of whole community collaboration and inclusive emergency planning by providing a comprehensive overview of the coordination processes necessary to reunify children separated from their parents …
Post-Disaster Reunification of Children: A Nationwide Approach illustrates the significance of whole community collaboration and …
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Compassionate Options for Pediatric EMS (COPE)
Resources developed to assist EMS providers with an approach to better understand how to provide “next steps" including self-care when a child dies due to severe trauma or illness in the prehospital environment.
Resources developed to assist EMS providers with an approach to better understand how to provide …