Palliative Care Emergencies

Dr. Dave Lysecki is the founder and head of the Quality of Life & Advanced Care program at McMaster Children's Hospital and the Division of Pediatric Palliative Medicine in the McMaster University Department of Pediatrics. Dave's research projects include examining system-level impacts of the availability of pediatric palliative care services and the integration of Child Life Specialists into adult oncology care to support children affected by parental cancer and death.

Ariadna Randall's Nurse Practitioner career started at the Hospital for Sick Children over 14 years ago. She’s worked as a paediatric and neonatal nurse most of her career. Her training and practice include family-centred care and counselling parents and children undergoing intensive care, including end-of-life care within the NICU. She’s worked both in the frontline and within hospital leadership as a clinical nurse educator. She earned her Nurse Practitioner degree in 2019, and two years ago, Ari transferred into the home and community setting where she now works as a palliative care nurse practitioner specialist for patients across the lifespan.