Novel Communication Liaison Program in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit: Impact on Liaison Participants (W225D)

During the COVID pandemic, families were barred from their hospitalized loved ones, while surge critical care teams were overwhelmed with hundreds of patients, leaving little capacity for remote communication. We implemented a novel Communication Liaison (CL) program, following the palliative care consultative model, to facilitate communication between critical care teams and families, and to provide emotional and decisional support to families.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research