Our skilled prescribers will share their in-depth knowledge and experience with registered professionals who are providing palliative and end of life care for adults.
Learning outcomes for this session will be to:
- Know signs and symptoms of common palliative care emergencies
- Recognise the importance of risk assessment and advance care planning for palliative care emergencies
- Understand the management options for palliative care emergencies
- Understand the indications for subcutaneous medication administration (Just in case medication and syringe pump)
- Be competent in choosing starting doses, and dose escalations, for syringe pump medications
- Know how to approach common problems with syringe pumps
This will be a fully interactive session with group work and discussion. Certification of attendance will be provided.
If paying for this session at the point of booking is an issue, please contact us via education@northdevonhospice.org.uk
Education Booking Terms and Conditions
- BOOKINGS
All external bookings are via Eventbrite. They will confirm course registration via email.
TRANSFERS AND CANCELLATION OF TRAINING COURSES
If you cancel a Training Course : Delegates may transfer their registration for one course to another course up to 28 working days prior to the original course date. Only one transfer by any delegate may be made. No refunds are given.
A named delegate may be substituted for another from the same organisation with notification.
If we cancel a Training Course: - we reserve the right to cancel a Training Course at any time, without incurring any additional liability to any delegate. In such circumstances, we will offer alternative dates or when this isn’t available, we will offer a refund.
In these circumstances please email: education@northdevonhospice.org.uk.
2. CONFIDENTIALITY
Training materials circulated pursuant to the curriculum of that training course remains the property of North Devon Hospice.
North Devon Hospice encourages sharing educational information to persons necessary for the purposes of the relevant training course and for enhancing performance of their duties and that of their peers, however, any information that is of a confidential nature, disclosed by the Hospice or any other attendees shall not be published or shared without express prior written consent.
3. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
By attending the course, you acknowledge that all intellectual property rights in the Training Materials belong to the North Devon Hospice, unless otherwise acknowledged. These training materials may be used in accordance with this agreement, solely for the purpose of sharing your learning with your colleagues, you have no rights in, or to, the training materials other than to use them for this purpose.
4. DATA PROTECTION
All information that we hold concerning you will be held and processed by North Devon Hospice strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and our Clinical Governance Record Retentions Standards.
5. OUR RIGHT TO VARY THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
We have the right to revise and amend these terms and conditions when required.
