Compendium of Palliative Care

Contains important knowledge about assessment and treatment at the end of life. Covers the identification of dying patients and important measures to take when a patient is deemed likely to be dying, communication with relatives, and documentation. Administration of medications, fluid, and nutritional management. Includes treatment suggestions for pain, dyspnea and death rattle, nausea and nausea due to malignant bowel obstruction, anxiety/restlessness/delirium.

Compendium: A4 format, 14 pages.