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patient information

  1. Ask Three Questions poster

  2. ICUsteps resources on COVID-19

  3. Guidance on Shared Decision Making

clinical decision making

  1. Communication in Acute Settings

  2. Decision making for escalation of treatment. Warwick Medical School.

  3. ICU Referral Form

  4. ICU Decision Form

  5. ‘MORAL balance’ decision-making in critical care. D.J.R. Harvey* and D. Gardiner. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK. BJA Education 2019.

  6. Moral Balance Ethical Framework Template

  7. Italian communications guide for clinicians

  8. ABCDE of Good Communication

  9. REDMAP Guide for Professionals - Talking with patients and families about death and dying

  10. Suggested email text for non-ICU doctors

  11. Talking to relatives - a poster guide to compassionate phone communication

frailty

  1. Specific training on the use of the CFS in the urgent care context is available on the Specialised Clinical Frailty Network microsite.

  2. A general overview of frailty with tips on using the CFS can be found here.

  3. A list of background references on Frailty can be accessed here

  4. British Geriatrics Society Blog: Frailty - Busting a few myths about what it is and what it isn’t

end of life care

  1. Care of the dying adult in the last days of life. NICE Guideline (NG 31)

  2. COVID-19 and Palliative, End of Life and Bereavement Care in Secondary Care. The Northern Cancer Alliance and Association of Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland.

  3. CARE AT THE END OF LIFE: A guide to best practice, discussion and decision-making in and around critical care. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Chapter 2. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, September 2019

  4. A guide to best practice, discussion and decision-making in and around critical care. Chapter 2. Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, September 2019

  5. Talking about dying: How to begin honest conversations about what lies ahead. Royal College of Physicians of London, 2018

  6. Protecting the wellbeing of nurses providing end of life care. Nursing Times. January 2020

  7. Bereavement Alliance – COVID-19 guidance due to be published very soon.

Decision support for clinicians

  1. Additional specific advice for primary care