End of Life Care: Recognising the dying phase with Dr Emma Hall

In this episode Caroline Phillips hosts Dr Emma Hall, Palliative Care Consultant and discusses the signs of the final few days and hours of life. We discuss the challenges of recognising the dying phase, the importance of shared decision making and the positive aspects of shared learning between prehospital and palliative care professionals. This is part of a mini series on the Pre-hospital Care Podcast where we will start to look into topics in more depth and involve some of the subject specialists to share their experience.  We hope you enjoy the episode. Further reading: Kathryn Mannix – With the End in Mind Oxford Handbook of Palliative Medicine (2019) AACE JRCALC Clinical Guidelines (2019) – End of Life Care