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. 2021 Feb 5;9(2):172. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9020172

Table 1.

The Last Aid course contents (actual version updated 2018).

Module Nr. Topic Course Content
Module 1 Dying as a normal part of life
  • Welcome and introductions

  • First Aid and Last Aid

  • What you can do to care

  • The process of dying

Module 2 Planning ahead
  • Networks of Support

  • Making decisions

  • Medical and ethical aspects

  • Advance care planning

  • Advance Directive

  • Medical Power of Attorney

Module 3 Relieving suffering
  • Typical problems and symptoms

  • Caring/relieving suffering

  • Nutrition at the end of life

  • How to comfort

Module 4 Final goodbyes
  • Saying goodbye/final farewell rituals

  • Funeral and various forms of burials

  • Grieving is normal

  • Grief and ways of grieving

  • Questions, Comments

Last Aid—Care for seriously ill and dying people at the end of life.