Beyond life extension– is it time for ‘Emergency Last Aid’ training?
Hooper, Matthew, and Rehn, Marius (2025) Beyond life extension– is it time for ‘Emergency Last Aid’ training? Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 33 (1). 20.
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Abstract
[Extract] As acute care clinicians operating in pre-hospital, emergency, and intensive care settings, our primary focus has always been on ensuring patient survival, reducing morbidity, and enhancing outcomes. Mortality and survival are key performance indicators that drive our practice. Yet, in our relentless pursuit of extending life, we are confronted daily with an undeniable reality: death. Whether sudden and traumatic, anticipated within the context of terminal illness or the culmination of overwhelming disease burden, we are deeply involved in the final moments of many patients who do not survive. Despite this inescapable truth, the management of dying patients in acute care environments remains remarkably underexplored in research and education, especially when compared to life-extending interventions.
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| Item Type: | Article (Editorial) |
| ISSN: | 1757-7241 |
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| Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2026 01:28 |
| FoR Codes: | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420316 Palliative care @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2001 Clinical health > 200199 Clinical health not elsewhere classified @ 100% |
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