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Our clinical team has identified protocols, advanced practices, and assessment and evaluation tools to help support your practice.

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Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care 2015 This document is the result of an extensive review of national and international evidence-based stroke best practice recommendations...
Canadian Cardiovascular Society consensus conference recommendations on heart failure 2006: Diagnosis and management. This clinical practice guideline provides recommendations for the management of CHF including symptom management at end of...
Congestive Heart Failure This 30-minute powerpoint presentation provides an overview of the etiology, diagnosis and pharmacological management of...
Heart Failure Care This clinical practice guideline reviews clinical evidence and provides recommendations for the management of heart failure...
Heart Failure Palliative Approach to Care (HeFPAC) This guide for nurses provides key information relevant to the nursing care of patients with advanced (or end-stage) chronic...
ICD Deactivation at the End of Life: Principles and Practice A discussion document for health care professionals.
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Deactivation: A Guide for Health Care Professionals An informative resource on implanted cardioverter defibrillator deactivation. This document includes content on communication...
iPall- Heart Failure Palliative Care Assessment Tool The clinical practice tool has been developed to support health care providers who are assessing symptoms and atempting to...
Marie Curie: Palliative Care Knowledge Zone This area of the website offers a range of information on palliative, end of life care to support and inform the clinical...
Palliation of End-stage Heart Disease: Three Things You Need to Know Evidenced-based powerpoint presentation addressing symptom management, prognostication/goals of care, and palliative care...
Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions This video series, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Questions (HPMQ), answers tough questions you may come across while caring...
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