Week 4 - Palliative Care Managment

Question 1

what symptom controls can be used for uncofortable breathing in palliative care?

Answer 1

rest and reassurance
increasing cool aoir movment
positioning and suctioning
Medications- morphine- reduces resp drive, bezos- reduces anxiety, anticholenergic- reduce production of resp secretions

Question 2

how is agitation maged in palliative care paitents?

Answer 2

talk in quiet voice, familiar, lighting

Medications- bezos: midazolam and antipshycotic: haloperidol

Question 3

reduced appitite and thirst is managed how in palliative care?

Answer 3

pareteal nutritin, naso-gastric feeding- sips of water, dont distress

Question 4

what is done for pain manamgnet in palliative care?

Answer 4

medication is the foundation of pain control
analgesia- paracetamol, opiods, NSAIDs
adjunct treatments: anti-depressants, sterioids, surgury, radiation therapy, nerve blocks