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Institution: Pilbara Palliative Care Program and Bethesda Health Care - Western Australia, Australia
Adequate and effective symptom control is essential to ensure quality of life. We present a case study demonstrating multiple teams working together to provide complex, patient centred, sustainable care, in the location of her choice.
She was transferred to Perth and an intrathecal catheter was placed, with significant improvement in her symptoms and decrease in opioid toxicity. Addressing emotional distress and providing support from counselling also contributed significantly to her comfort. Counselling was also useful in supporting her family, enabling them to continue to be involved in her care.
The patient was successfully transferred back to her home, with an intrathecal insitu. This continues to provide good symptom control, with ongoing care being provided by the local team with support from the metropolitan team.
· education and support of the regional team created a confident and skilled workforce
This case study displays the success of collaboration of remote and metropolitan palliative care teams to achieve specialist sustainable patient-centred care in remote Western Australia.
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Dr Paula Moffat MBBS, FRACP - Bethesda Health Care , Ms Louise Lockyer B Health Nursing, GradDipOnc, GradDipPallCare - Pilbara Pallaitive Care Program, WACHS , Dr Graeme Fitzclarence MBBS, FACRRM, DipRGA - Pilbara Palliative Care Program , Ms Jane Muzambwa DipNursing, GCertComPrimHealth - Pilbara Palliative Care Program , Ms Katie Galvin BSc (GenNursing) - Bethesda Health Care , Dr Cherelle Fitzclarence FACRRM, FRACGP, Fellowship Rural Generalism, DRANCOG, MPH. Trop Med - Karratha Health Campus , Dr Keiron Bradley MBBS, MMed (Pall Care), PGDipHighEd - Bethesda Health Care , Ms Penelope Tuffin BPharm, PGDipHospPharm, MPallCare, AdvPracPharm, AcSHP - WA Country Health Service, Bethesda Health Care, Fiona Stanley Hospital
