Primary Care - Gippsland
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Gippsland

 Indicates HealthPathways that have not been localised.

Indicates HealthPathways that contain information specific to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

Indicates HealthPathways that specific to people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

 COVID-19 Aged Residential Care Assessment and Management

 COVID-19 Palliative Care

 Advance Care Planning (ACP) 

  • ACP Documents and Forms
  • ACP Important Terms

 Certification of Death

 Consent

 Heart Failure 

  • Advanced or End-stage Heart Failure

 Advanced Kidney Disease

 Motor Neurone Disease (MND)

 Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

 Parkinson's Disease

 Stroke

 Brain Tumours

 Breast Cancer – Established

 Pancreatic Cancer - Established

 Cancer of Unknown Primary

  Palliative Care Overview

 Caring for a Dying Patient in a RACF

 New Palliative Care Patient

 Emergencies in Palliative Care

  • Acute Crises in Palliative Care
  • Bowel Obstruction in Palliative Care
  • Hypercalcaemia of Malignancy
  • Raised Intracranial Pressure in Palliative Care
  • Seizures in Palliative Care
  • Spinal Cord Compression
  • Superior Vena Cava Obstruction (SVCO) in Palliative Care
  • Terminal Haemorrhage in Palliative Care

 Medications Used in Palliative Care

  • Fentanyl in Palliative Care

 Symptom Control in Palliative Care

  • Cachexia and Anorexia in Palliative Care
  • Constipation in Palliative Care Patients
  • Corticosteroids for Cancer Symptoms in Palliative Care
  • Cough in Palliative Care
  • Diabetes Mellitus in Palliative Care 
  • Dyspnoea in Palliative Care Patients 
  • Hiccups in Palliative Care
  • Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care
  • Oral Care in Palliative Care
  • Pruritus (Itch) in Palliative Care
  • Retained Airways Secretions (Death Rattle)
  • Sleep Disturbances in Palliative Care
  • Sweating in Palliative Care
  • Weakness and Fatigue in Palliative Care

 Syringe Drivers

 Terminal Phase Management

 Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD)

 Palliative Care Services Referrals

 Before Entering a Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) 

 Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) 

 Carer Stress  

 Cognitive Impairment and Dementia 

  • 5 Minute Neurological Exam
  • Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD)

 Depression in Older Adults 

  • Antidepressants for Older Adults

 Elder Abuse and Neglect 

 Falls Prevention 

 Frailty in Older Adults 

 Unexpected Deterioration in an Older Adult

 Resources

  • Certification of Death
  • Organ and Tissue Donation

Page updated 30 September 2022