Title:

e-ELCA Learning Path for Ambulance Service Teams

Description:

The aim of this learning path is to enable ambulance services personnel (Emergency Care Practitioners (ECP), Clinical Support Desk Nurses (CSD), Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics) to have an awareness of end of life issues when responding to a situation involving an individual who is receiving palliative care or may be in the last days of life. It is intended to help ambulance services personnel become more confident and competent to deal with situations differing from the majority of scenarios they encounter, which focus on saving life, and realise that to support someone to have a good death should also be seen as a successful outcome. By avoiding inappropriate admissions to hospital, they may be supporting the wishes of the individual and their families in their last days to hours of life. To do this they need to:

- know and understand how to calm panic and anxiety that may be shown by the individual and their family,
- understand and manage physical symptoms,
- know who to contact and locate other resources available for further support.

The learning path has two parts. Part A is for all ambulance personnel and Part B is for personnel Band 4 and above to undertake only after successful completion of Part A. Each part recommends a number of e-ELCA sessions to be undertaken before a group workshop.

There is also a set of sessions on End of Life and Palliative Care as Associated with Paramedic Practice which is from the Paramedics e-learning programme.

Hierarchy:

End of Life Care (e-ELCA) > e-ELCA learning paths: Professions > e-ELCA learning path: Ambulance service teams > e-ELCA Learning Path for Ambulance Service Teams

Keywords:

End of life care, Learning Path for Ambulance Personnel, Palliative Care, Ambulance, Paramedics

Created:

11 Oct 2017

Updated:

11 Oct 2017