WorksheetsConversations About Death Quiz
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 8mins
What does "I" stand for in the SPIKES protocol?
Intellectual discussion
Imagining the outcome
Invitation to know more
Important information
What should you do after having a conversation about death?
Let patient ask questions
Give the patient alone time
Fill out paper work
Show compassionate
Circulatory death is...
when the brain stops to function
pause in heart beating
when the hear stops beating
when blood stops circulating
Criteria for neurological (brain) death
unresponsiveness
no breathing
absent brainstem reflexes
hypothermic
What does ECMO stand for?
enhanced cardiovascular monitoring operations
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
external chest massage oscillation
emergancy circulatory management officer
What is an absolute contraindication for ECMO?
prolonged CPR without perfusion
reversible neurological injury
reversible multi-organ failure
uncontrolled bleeding
What is a possible complication of ECMO?
pump failure
hypersensitivity to ambient air
increased exercise tolerance
thrombosis
What is one take home message you learned today?
