Coma and Brain Death from Joyce Campbell

Coma and Brain Death Current Guidelines, Ethical Issues & Clinical Challenges from Joyce Campbell

Faculty:Joyce Campbell

Duration:1 Hour 15 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

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Outline:

• Coma and Brain Death: Current Guidelines, Ethical Issues & Clinical Challenges
• Coma
  • Vegetative state
  • Minimally conscious
  • Akinetic mutism, abulia, catatonia
• Brain Death
  • Assessment
  • Clinical criteria
  • Diagnosing death
  • Challenges and controversies
  • Accepting brain death: The family’s needs
• Case Studies

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Description:

Explaining brain death to family members can be very challenging.  There are the understandable emotional considerations that are critical for the initial grieving process.  We know it can be confusing for loved ones when they see the patient breathing and showing non-brain mediated movement.  Joyce Campbell, MSN, SCRN, CCRN, FNP-BC, a Neuroscience/Critical Care Clinical Expert, will provide the succinct information you need to more fully understand the testing associated with suspected brain death, how to assess for the myriad of clinical implications across the body systems and effective insights to address the moral distress that both families and staff experience.  Unforgettable case studies will be incorporated throughout the training.