Palliative Care - Out of Hours Symptom advice leaflets for adult palliative care patients
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GraemeCrawford_OOH_PalliativeCare.pdf
This document was developed by the Macmillan GP's within the Eastern Health and Social Services Board, to support continuity of symptom management, a particluar aid for out of hours providers. This is a valuable tool to reflect agreed practice within primary care in this particualr locality.
Key areas included:
- Pain Management
- Syringe Driver guidelines
- Nausea
and vomiting - Agitation and restlessness
- Management of noisy secretions
- NICaN post-chemotherapy
guidelines - Useful out of hours contacts