Study Guide

Objective

Palliative Patient Symptom and

PAIN CARE 5 ETCS PAL2

Objectives

Student
• Knows how to plan, implement and assess the treatment of the symptoms and pain of a patient in palliative care and guide the patient and their family and friends while taking individual needs into account
• Understands the concept of overall suffering and is able to apply this knowledge in their work
• Can select and use appropriate symptom surveys and indicators in treatment
• Knows the principles of safe and effective medical and non-medical treatment of patients in palliative care
• Knows how to operate in a multiprofessional team to facilitate the treatment of the patient’s symptoms
• Understands the process of death and applies their competence in patient care after their death while taking the patient's family and friends into consideration

Content

Contents
• Origins and treatment of the most common symptoms (pain, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal tract symptoms, ascites, psychological symptoms, fatigue, cachexia, skin symptoms)
• Treatment of pain in different patient groups, pharmacotherapy especially with opioids, non-medicated pain management
• Medicated and non-medicated treatment of other symptoms
• Symptom surveys and pain indicators
• Multidisciplinary teamwork
• Principles of palliative sedation
• Death and postmortem care