Emergency Department Clinical Pathway for End of Life Care
Staff Resources
- Employee Assistance Program:
1-888-321-4433 - Care for Colleagues
- PENN Behavioral Health Corporate Services
- Do not attempt resuscitation (DNAR)
- Family presence
- Termination of resuscitation
Deceased Child
Forensic Evidence Collection/Body Preparation
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Attending MD Tasks in Sequence
- Notify family
- Order Skeletal Survey as Indicated
- Collect needed info for Medical Examiner from SW or PCA prior to calling
- Contact Philadelphia Medical Examiner (Philadelphia campus) or Montgomery County Coroner (KOPH campus)
- Contact Gift of Life and record name of representative and eligibility
- Complete Deceased Navigator
in Epic
Post-mortem Family Communication
MD, RN, SW, Child Life
MD, RN, SW, Child Life
- Contact Medical Examiner: ME vs Non-ME Case
- Philadelphia campus: Philadelphia Medical Examiner 215-685-7445
- KOPH campus: Montgomery County Coroner 610-278-3057,
- If there is no answer, please call the police radio room at (610) 275-1222 to leave a message for a call back from the Coroner’s office
- Complete Discharge Deceased Checklist in EPIC
- (under ED Discharge navigator, click on
- Deceased button at top of screen)
- Tip Sheet for Completing Epic Discharge Deceased Navigator
- MD: Documentation
- RN: Disposition of body
Non-Medical Examiner Case
Physician to Print Pathology Consult Report and ED Provider Note
Physician to Print Pathology Consult Report and ED Provider Note
- MD: Documentation,
determination of autopsy - RN: Disposition of body
Contact Gift of Life
1-800-543-6391
1-800-543-6391
Notify Primary Care Physician
Subspecialists involved in care
Subspecialists involved in care
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