Palliative Care Symptom Management Workshop 4-Day Series
Day 1- Understanding the principles of Pain Management in palliative care
Title | Speaker |
Pain Assessment | Noreen Holland |
The WHO analgesic ladder and the management of pain using opioids.
– 1. How to escalate opioid doses 2. Opioid induced side effect management 3. Management of opioid toxicity 4. Opioid rotation |
Dr Norma O Leary |
Understanding the Pathways of Pain integrating the ‘why’ of the assessment and ‘how’ the analgesic works | Stephanie Doyle |
Day 2 – Gastro Intestinal Symptom Management
Title | Speaker |
GIT symptoms-physiology/pathology | Dr Laura Mulqueen |
Managing nausea and vomiting | Dr Laura Mulqueen |
Managing constipation | Steven McDermott |
Pharmaceutical input of GIT symptoms | Eimear O Dwyer-Pharmacist |
Day 3 – Central Nervous System Symptom Management
Title | Speaker |
Delirium & pharmaceutical management | SpR & Pharmacist |
Motor Neurone disease | Bernie Corr |
Depression/Altered mood-Coping | Social Worker |
Day 4 – Miscellaneous Symptoms and Issues to Manage in Palliative Care
Title | Speaker |
Breathlessness | Julie Goss |
Palliative Care Emergencies (Spinal Cord Compression,
Haemorrhage, SVC obstruction) |
Steven McDermott |
Ethical issues | Prof. Joan Cunningham |
Discussions and questions on the above topics to follow