Palliative Care
in Dumfries and Galloway
Staff Area
Guidelines for symptom control can be found in the Scottish Guidelines here. Below are a few additional helpful resources for managing specific symptoms.
For management of hypercalcaemia, seizures, stridor, raised ICP, MSCC, SVCO, major haemorrhage or terminal agitation see the “Palliative Care Emergencies”
Remember to address other issues such as driving with patients on strong medications.
Abbreviations:
BNF – British National Formulary; SPCG – Scottish Palliative Care Guidelines; PCF – Palliative Care Formulary; PO – oral; SC – subcutaneous; IV – intravenous; PCA – Patient controlled analgesia
Palliative Medicine advice is available 24 hours a day via switchboard for all settings in NHS D&G.
Medication used in Palliative Care
For more information about the medications used in palliative care – check out the links below:
Palliative Care formulary – detailed guidance on medication used in palliative care. This can be accessed via the Knowledge network (link in the clinical handbook) – click on medicines information resources.
British National Formulary https://bnf.nice.org.uk/