What is the name of Communion received by the dying?

Answer 1

Viaticum: Holy Communion given to those in danger of death. It may be received at any hour of the day or night, not fasting, and so often as may be required during the same illness. If it is given at the same time as Extreme Unction (Anointing of the Sick), its administration precedes that sacrament. It is given with the words, "Receive, brother, the viaticum of our Lord Jesus Christ, that he may preserve thee to everlasting life. Amen." The same form is used when a solder receives on or going to the battlefield.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second Edition, Revised. 1957.

from Modern Catholic Dictionary by John A. Hardon, S.J. Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, NY 1980

Viaticum. The reception of Holy Communion when there is probable danger of death. Viaticum should not be deferred too long in sickness lest the dying lose consciousness. It can be given as often as such danger exists, and is required of all the faithful who have reached the age of discretion. No laws of fasting persist either for the recipient or for the priest who must consecrate in order to supply the Host in an emergency. (Etym. Latin Viaticum, traveling provisions; from viaticus, of a road or journey, from via, way, road.

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Answer 2

Viaticum