End of life and Organ Donation SDL

Alfred ICU Guidelines

• Dying & Deceased Patients
• ICU Withholding/ Withdrawing Treatment
• Multicultural Care at the time of Death and Dying
• Donation After Cardiac Death
• Donation After Brain Death (additional guidelines)
• Organ and Tissue donation Overview
• Care of Dying Patient Pathway ICU
• Care of Dying Patient Pathway Extension
• Documentation for the determination of death

Other information (particularly useful for CICM trainees)

• ANZICS Statement on Death and Organ Donation – 3.2 (2013)
• INTENSIVE
  • Breaking Bad (News) by David Anderson (SMACC Chicago, 2015)
  • Talking at the Death by Steve Philpot (smaccGOLD, 2014)
  • What is possible?, What is reasonable?, What is best? (Panel discussion at smaccGOLD, featuring Steve Philpot from The Alfred ICU)
  • Australian Organ Donation Registry (Steve Philpot speaking at a VIN meeting)
• LITFL CCC on Brain Death and Organ Donation
  • Brain Death
  • Brain Death Hot Case
  • Changes in ANZICS Statement on Death and Organ Donation
  • Contraindications to Solid Organ Donation
  • Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD)
  • Management of the organ donation patient
  • Observations compatible and incompatible with Brain Death
  • Tissue donation
• LITFL CCC on End of Life Care
  • Breaking bad news to relatives
  • End-of-life-care family meeting
  • Palliative care
  • Patients and families that want “everything” done

• Keyword search the FCICM Fellowship exam database on LITFL for relevant past questions.