Understanding Staff Needs for Improving End-Of-Life Care in Critical Care Units: A Qualitative Focus Group Analysis and Service Evaluation.

Critical care is a place of frequent death, up to a quarter of those admitted die during admission. Caring for dying people provides many challenges, practically, professionally and personally. The aim of this study was to better understand the perspectives of staff caring for dying people in critical care and identify their priorities for improvement.

Implementing a novel protocol for withdrawal of CPAP support in COVID-19 patients: a case series.

Background: No published protocol to guide the withdrawal of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for patients with COVID-19 exists.

Case Series: Description of the introduction of a novel protocol, developed by consensus to guide the withdrawal of CPAP for patients diagnosed as dying with COVID-19 in an acute hospital.

Outcome: 19 patients died on the high-dependency respiratory unit following treatment with CPAP.