Archived Event

The Alliance Advancement Series

Clinical and Ethical Challenges in Pediatric Brain Death Declaration

Presented on: Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Brain death evaluation and declaration can be an intimidating and daunting for health care providers including physicians, nurses, trainees, and families. Evaluating pediatric patients for brain death requires an in depth understanding of the pathophysiology of severe acute brain injury, technical aspects of how to perform the examination and evaluation, and experience communicating with families under these circumstances. During this webinar, we will discuss recommended practices for pediatric brain death evaluation and declaration, clinical and ethical challenges, and effective communication strategies.

At the end of the webinar, participants should be able to:

Identify the differences in brain death declaration practices and guidelines between children and adults.
Explain the considerations for various age groups, e.g. infants vs. children, when declaring brain death, and indications for ancillary testing.
Describe effective communication strategies when working with family members of a child with severe acute brain injury undergoing brain death evaluation.

Board, Moderator, National Donor Management Summit Planning Committee, National Pediatric Summit Planning Committee, Speaker

Matthew Kirschen

MD, PhD

Assistant Professor in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Pediatrics, and Neurology, and the Associate Director of Pediatric Neurocritical Care

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Speaker

Wynne Morrison

MD, MBE

Associate Professor, Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Exploratory Faculty - Dec 2021, Staff

Deanna Fenton

Senior Manager, Educational Program Development and Operations

Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance

Members of the donation and transplantation community serving diverse populations to include administrators, coordinators, physicians, nurses, surgeons, managers, quality improvement specialists, social workers, and other donation and transplantation center professionals and their colleagues.

1 CEPTC Credit, 1 CME Credit, 1 Nursing Contact Hour