Fundamental care in the emergency room: insights from patients with life-threatening conditions in the emergency room.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Persons who become life-threateningly ill or injured (due to for example trauma or cardiac arrest) are cared for in hospitals' designated emergency rooms at the emergency department (ED). In these rooms, the life-threatening condition and biomedical focus may reinforce a culture that value the medical-technical care. Meeting patients fundamental care needs (integrating physical, psychosocial and relational care needs) in a person-centred way might hence be challenging in emergency rooms. Little is known about how person-centred fundamental care is experienced and valued by vulnerable and exposed patients in emergency rooms. This study aims to describe fundamental care needs experienced by patients with a life-threating condition in the emergency room.

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SUBMITTER: Pavedahl V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11571529 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature