Donaldson N
Bradford Community Health Authority, UK.
Accid Emerg Nurs. 1998 Jan;6(1):41-2. doi: 10.1016/s0965-2302(98)90058-3.
A terminally-ill patient is being cared for at home by relatives who have no medical or nursing experience but who are doing their best and are well supported by the holistic care of the community teams. As death becomes imminent, the relatives find themselves out of their depth, they panic and dial 999. The patient is rushed to Accident & Emergency (A & E) and is possibly dead on arrival or shortly afterwards. It is the relatives who now need nursing care, to help them through this totally unexpected upheaval. Aspects of this scenario are explored in this paper.
一位绝症患者在家中由亲属照料，这些亲属没有医疗或护理经验，但他们尽了最大努力，并且得到了社区团队整体护理的有力支持。当死亡临近时，亲属们发现自己力不从心，他们惊慌失措并拨打了999。患者被紧急送往急诊室，可能在抵达时或不久后就死亡了。现在需要护理照顾的是亲属，帮助他们度过这场完全意想不到的变故。本文将探讨这一情景的各个方面。
