HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR AN EMERGENCY OR PLANNED HOSPITALIZATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MEDICALLY COMPLEX.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- SMITH, ELLEN
- Source
- Exceptional Parent; Sep2023, Vol. 53 Issue 9, p30-31, 2p
- Subject
- Chronic diseases
Documentation
Advance directives (Medical care)
Patients' attitudes
Hospital care
Emergency medical services
- Language
- ISSN
- 00469157
The author provides suggestions on how to be prepared for an emergency or planned hospitalization for people who are medically complex. Topics discussed include medical information that should be handed out to the staff upon arriving for an emergency hospital stay, recommendation for people concerned with being handled, and advice if someone is concerned with medications being given to them.