end of life care

In this episode, Mitchell Zekhtser, and Evie Marcolini, MD FAAEM, talk about end of life discussions. Mr. Zekhtser is a student at Western University and Western Regional Representative on the ’18-’19 RSA Medical Student Council. Dr. Marcolini is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurocritical Care at Yale University, Medical Director of SkyHealth Critical […]

Image Credit: Flickr Author: Andrew W Phillips, MD MEd Clinical Fellow, Division of Critical Care Stanford University   We’ve all been there too many times: A terminally ill patient is rushed to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance in distress, either missing the Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) or the family instructs EMS […]