Death Confirmation Steps Clinical Skills OSCE Revision Dr Gill

Death confirmation is often tricky when it comes up as a clinical skills OSCE, especially as we tend to spend our time revising how to find what it wrong with people to treat them

HOWEVER medical school is more than just treating people, it is also about preparing for life as a working doctor, certainly in the first few years on the wards confirming death is something you WILL have to do with regretable regularity

Verifying and confirming death is essential to work for the doctor, but each country will have its own slightly different legal framework. This video reviews how to confirm death in the UK

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00:00 Introduction
01:10 Legal Aspects of Verifying Death in the UK
03:12 Four Features of Confirmed Death
03:55 Communication Skills in Verifying Death
05:29 Patient Verification Process
06:59 Initial Patient Response Check
07:22 Checking Pupillary Response
08:00 Confirming Lack of Pulse
09:05 Listening for Heart and Breath Sounds
11:42 Final Checks for Pacemaker Presence
12:02 Documentation of Death Verification
12:34 Summary of Examination Findings
13:20 Additional Skills in ITU Setting