• Sangeeta Lamba, Paul L DeSandre, Knox H Todd, Eric N Bryant, Garrett K Chan, Corita R Grudzen, David E Weissman, Tammie E Quest, and Improving Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine Board.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey.
• J Emerg Med. 2014 Feb 1; 46 (2): 264-70.

BackgroundEmergency department (ED) providers commonly care for seriously ill patients who suffer from advanced, chronic, life-limiting illnesses in addition to those that are acutely ill or injured. Both the chronically ill and those who present in extremis may benefit from application of palliative care principles.Case ReportWe present a case highlighting the opportunities and need for better integration of emergency medicine and palliative care.DiscussionWe offer practical guidelines to the ED faculty/administrators who seek to enhance the quality of patient care in their own unique ED setting by starting an initiative that better integrates palliative principles into daily practice. Specifically, we outline four things to do to jumpstart this collaborative effort.ConclusionThe Improving Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine project sponsored by the Center to Advance Palliative Care is a resource that assists ED health care providers with the process and structure needed to integrate palliative care into the ED setting.Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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