Palliative Care Essentials

Palliative Care Essentials is organized by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and will be held on Jun 05, 2019.

Delegates will gain a broad understanding of palliative care essentials and increase their palliative care skills. 

Intended Audience
Clinicians, Community and District nurses, nurses, carers, GP’s, junior doctors

Topics Covered
• What is Palliative Care and introduction to Symptom Management
• What is Palliative Care: Philosophy, Definitions, Controversies
• Greater Manchester Commitments
• Pain control: Assessment, Mechanisms and Management
• Nausea and Vomiting: Assessment, Mechanisms and treatment
• Breathless: Assessment, Mechanisms and treatment
• Advanced Care Planning, End of Life Care and Case Studies
• End of life care, including organ and tissue donation
• Advanced care planning, including ReSPECT
• Non-malignant disease
• Complex pain
• Palliative care emergencies: in a community setting

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.