The Use of Emergency Medication Kits in Community Palliative Care: An Exploratory Survey of Views of Current Practice in Australian Home-Based Palliative Care Services

被引：9

作者：

Bullen, Tracey ^{[1
,2
]}

Rosenberg, John P. ^{[1
,3
]}

Smith, Bradley ^{[4
]}

Maher, Kate ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Australian Catholic Univ, Calvary Ctr Palliat Care Res, Watson, ACT 2602, Australia

[2] Australian Catholic Univ, Inst Child Protect Studies, Watson, ACT 2602, Australia

[3] Queensland Univ Technol, Inst Hlth & Biomed Innovat, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia

[4] Clare Holland House, Canberra, ACT, Australia

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE MEDICINE | 2015年 / 32卷 / 06期

关键词：

emergency medication; community palliative care; symptom management; HOSPICE PATIENTS; DEATH;

D O I：

10.1177/1049909114536922

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Improving symptom management for palliative care patients has obvious benefits for patients and advantages for the clinicians, as workload demands and work-related stress can be reduced when the emergent symptoms of patients are managed in a timely manner. The use of emergency medication kits (EMKs) can provide such timely symptom relief. The purpose of this study was to conduct a survey of a local service to examine views on medication management before and after the implementation of an EMK and to conduct a nationwide prevalence survey examining the use of EMKs in Australia. Most respondents from community palliative care services indicated that EMKs were not being supplied to palliative care patients but believed such an intervention could improve patient care.

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页码：581 / 587

页数：7

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