Mortality: Dealing with Death & Dying

Monday, September 18, 2023

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CT

Location: 335/336

CE: 4

Sponsored By

Panelist(s)

Debbie L. Quintana, MBA, MS, PA-C (she/her/hers)

HMH Central EMS Training Center Manager
HMH JFK EMS
Waretown, New Jersey
Paul Scalzo, MICP NRP (he/him/his)

MICP NRP Clinical Educator/Preceptor
HMH JFK EMS
Lakewood, New Jersey
Peter M. DeNicola, MICP, MPA, MPO (he/him/his)

Clinical Coordinator
JFK University Medical Center
Freehold, New Jersey
Daniel A. Gaudette, MSN, MBA, RN, MICN, NE-BC (he/him/his)

Director of Specialty Care Transport
Hackensack Meridian Health
Point Pleasant, New Jersey
Shaun Donnelly, MICP NRP

Filed Operations Supervisor
HMH JFK EMS
Lakewood, New Jersey

Disclosure(s):

Debbie L. Quintana, MBA, MS, PA-C: No financial relationships to disclose

Paul Scalzo, MICP NRP: No financial relationships to disclose

Peter M. DeNicola, MICP, MPA, MPO: No financial relationships to disclose

Daniel A. Gaudette, MSN, MBA, RN, MICN, NE-BC: No financial relationships to disclose

Shaun Donnelly, MICP NRP: No financial relationships to disclose

As we enter the workforce, we face the reality that some people will die even when we do everything. Even when best practices are followed, the outcome can be death. What about the family on the scene? Are we trained to deal with this? Do we know what to say? Do we know what to do? This interactive course is filled with discussion and activities that focus on the following:

• Understanding our mortality
• The stages of Grief
• Death from chronic illness and Death from tragedy
• Death of a child
• Words Matter
• Impact on Prehospital providers/Where to get help

Learning Objectives:

express knowledge of inevitable mortality
will know where to turn for help for them and their team
demonstrate as well as express knowledge of how important verbal communication and body language is when addressing family