Debriefing after an unexpected hospital death or code
02/05/24 at 04:00 AM
Debriefing after an unexpected hospital death or code
Hospitalist.org, by Larry Beresford; 2/1/24
... Debriefings have been shown to improve participants’ ability to manage their grief and are associated with lower rates of burnout. ... Dr. [Kencee] Graves, who is also board-certified in hospice and palliative medicine, thinks hospital-based palliative-care teams have something to offer to the rest of the hospital when it comes to debriefings after sudden deaths. Palliative care may have more experience with in-the-moment debriefings for deaths on service since it often is involved with more of these challenging cases.