Palliative Care 🛋

Question 1

Define palliative care

Answer 1

1. Active holistic care of ppl with serious health related suffering (SHRS)
2. Suffering assoc. With illness
3. Suffering thst cannot be relieved by medical intervention
4. Compromises physical, social, emotional functioning

Question 2

Factors affecting experience of dying and death 5

Answer 2

1 age
2 social factors
3 culture
4 spiritual
5 precious experiences

Question 3

5 phases of palliative care

Answer 3

1 stable phase
2 unstable phase
3 deteriorating phase
4 terminal phase
5 bereavement phase

Question 4

5 domains of holistic care

Answer 4

1. Physical care
2. Emotional care
3. Spiritual care
4. Cultural care
5. Social care

Question 5

What is advanced care planning

Answer 5

It documents a person’s preferences and values
Should they ever lose their decision making capacity

Question 6

What is the PREPARED communication framework

Answer 6

P - prepare for discussion
R - related to the person
E - elicit preferences
P - provide information of thr needs of patient and family
A - acknowledge emotions and concerns
R - realistic hope
E - encourage questions and discussion
D - document

Question 7

Common symptoms in palliative care

Answer 7

1. Pain
   2 fatigue
   3 oral symptoms: stomatitis, mucotitis
   4 weight loss
   5 n and v
   6 constipation
   7 Noisey breathing and secretions
   8 delirium
   9 psychiatric symptoms
   10 dermatological symptoms

Question 8

Doctrine of double effect

Answer 8

Treating physicans will not be liable for persons death due to the administration of palliative medicine is unintended