Understand the state of current education as it relates to death and grieving;
List five practices EMS providers can implement to alleviate family suffering;
Describe how occupational resilience is essential to effective EMS work;
Learn what terms to avoid when communicating with those who are grieving.
Almost 10 years ago I spotted the words
Coping with Death (optional) listed in the Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instructor manual. “Why don’t we ever teach this section?” I asked the man who gave me my first job as an American Heart Association instructor. He uncomfortably replied, “We don’t have time to teach it.”