Current Learning In Palliative care

	CURRENT LEARNING IN PALLIATIVE CARE 15 minute Online Tutorials
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CONTENTS

These Tutorials are currently being updated and converted to a new format

Series Name	No	Title	Level	Format
Introduction to palliative care	1	What is palliative care?	Introductory	NEW
	2	Meeting the very ill adult for the first time	Introductory	NEW
	3	Making sensible decisions	Introductory	NEW
Helping the patient with pain	1	What is pain?	Introductory	NEW
	2	Issues in assessing pain	Introductory	NEW
	3	Diagnosing the cause of pain	Intermediate	NEW
	4	Choosing an analgesic	Intermediate	NEW
	5	Using morphine	Intermediate	NEW
	6	Understanding the adverse effects of morphine	Intermediate	NEW
	7	Alternatives to morphine	Advanced	NEW
	8	Changing opioids	Advanced	NEW
	9	Persisting pain	Advanced	NEW
	10	Managing severe pain	Advanced	NEW
Helping patients with symptoms other than pain	1	Constipation	Introductory	OLD
	2	Fatigue, lethargy, drowsiness and weakness	Intermediate	OLD
	3	Breathlessness	Introductory	OLD
	4	Oral problems	Introductory	OLD
	5	Nausea and vomiting	Intermediate	OLD
	6	Bowel obstruction	Intermediate	OLD
	7	Oedema	Intermediate	OLD
	8	Lymphoedema	Advanced	OLD
	9	Confusion	Intermediate	OLD
	10	Recognising emergencies	Intermediate	OLD
	11	Issues around resuscitation	Intermediate	OLD
Moving the ill patient	1	General principles	Introductory	OLD
Moving the ill patient	2	Equipment, adaptations and improving the environment	Intermediate	OLD
Psychological needs	1	Fostering hope	Introductory	OLD
	2	Helping the person to share their problems	Introductory	OLD
	3	Breaking difficult news	Intermediate	OLD
	4	Helping the anxious person	Intermediate	OLD
	5	Helping the angry person	Intermediate	OLD
	6	Answering difficult questions	Intermediate	OLD
	7	Helping the withdrawn patient	Advanced	OLD
	8	Collusion and denial	Advanced	OLD
Helping the patient with reduced hydration and nutrition	1	Maintaining the environment for eating and drinking	Introductory	OLD
	2	Balancing the diet	Intermediate	OLD
	3	Enriching and fortifying the diet	Intermediate	OLD
	4	Decisions in hydration and nutrition	Intermediate	OLD
	5	Thinking about swallowing problems	Intermediate	OLD
	6	Using non-oral routes	Advanced	OLD
	7	Managing a gastrostomy	Advanced	OLD
	8	The cachexia syndrome	Advanced	OLD
Procedures in palliative care	1	Setting up a syringe driver	Intermediate	OLD
	2	Problems with a subcutaneous infusion	Intermediate	OLD
	3	Spinal analgesia: problems with two drugs	Advanced	OLD
	4	Spinal analgesia: problems with the line	Advanced	OLD
Helping people with communication difficulties	1	Conditions causing communication difficulties	Introductory	OLD
	2	Identifying distress	Introductory	OLD
	3	Down syndrome	Intermediate	OLD
	4	Epilepsy	Intermediate	OLD
	5	Dementia	Intermediate	OLD
The last hours and days	1	Adjustments	Intermediate	OLD
	2	Managing distress	Intermediate	OLD
	3	The death	Introductory	OLD
	4	A friend dies ..	Introductory	OLD
Bereavement	1	The loss begins ...	Introductory	OLD
	2	The effect of death on staff	Introductory	OLD
	3	Assessing risk	Intermediate	OLD