�The Institute of Cancer Research is urging Scottish medical professionals to utilise a new free entropy CD to help pull off their patients' pain.
The Breaking Barriers: management of cancer-related pain information CD ROM is being supplied to medical professionals at the World Congress on Pain (1) being held in Glasgow throughout this week.
The free interactive CD ROM describes accurate ways of measuring painfulness, the combination of do drugs treatments that may assist in pain in the neck management, how to tailor treatments to individual patients and the importance of communication skills. It is provided by The Institute of Cancer Research and was developed in collaborationism with The Royal Marsden Hospital.
Breaking Barriers is the kickoff CD ROM to mix such depth with a user-friendly interface that maximises a health care professional's agreement of cancer pain management. Animations, videos and interactive elements all combine to rapidly develop and assist the user.
Catherine Dunbar is Manager of The Institute of Cancer Research's Interactive Education Unit (IEU), which is attending the World Congress on Pain. She explains:
"Every year 26,500 people in Scotland unwrap they have cancer (2) and to the highest degree of those will go on to seek handling for pain in the neck and uncomfortableness. Regrettably, managing cancer pain is a problematic area (3) and half of all patients in Western countries may not receive adequate painfulness relief (4). This free CD ROM enables healthcare professionals to explore new ways to manage the pain of patients."
Breaking Barriers encourages practitioners to explore non only the physical side of painfulness management simply also the psychosocial side of meat. Skills include instilling trust in patients so that they backside better care for themselves, or to help patients overcome fears such as the fear of opioid addiction. More information is available at http://www.icr.ac.uk/ieu/.
Breaking Barriers is already being used by some Scottish healthcare professionals and educators. We hope many more healthcare professionals in Scotland and elsewhere request their free written matter by vocation 05601 422 921.
Joan Adam, a lecturer for healthcare professionals at St Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh has begun using Breaking Barriers. She adds:
"The Breaking Barriers CD ROM is splendid and I will be encouraging my students to obtain a copy. If the new generation of health attention professionals sustains a high level of skill in pain management it will increase lineament of life for patients."
Diane Loughlin, a lecturer and module coordinator for pain management education at University of West Scotland's School of Health, Nursing & Midwifery, has also begun exploitation Breaking Barriers. She says:
"Health professionals can be very good at assessing and alleviating pain simply there ar usually gaps in knowledge that can be filled. I would recommend whatever professional to request the Breaking Barriers CD ROM."
Dr John Williams is Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine at The Royal Marsden Hospital, as well as the lead medical consultant in the creation of the CD ROM. He says:
"Pain is, fundamentally, a treatable phenomenon. It is beholden on us as practitioners to make sure that patients world Health Organization have got pain are recognised and are directed to appropriate cancer-related pain treatment services, whether they arrive within our hospitals or within our out patient departments."
Marietta Serrato from Walton on Thames in Surrey is 52 years old and a Royal Marsden patient of Dr Williams. She says:
"I have a rare form of cancer called adenoid cystic carcinoma on the base of my tongue and it has spread to my lungs, creating incessant pain that even strong treatments didn't stop for long. Thankfully Dr Williams and his team of specialists have found a combination of morphine and another do drugs to keep my hurting down to more comfortable levels. I had always refused morphia before because I was afraid of addiction and increasing doses, but they helped me understand that morphine was the right answer and explained when I should supplement it for best effects. They are fantastic."
Dr John Williams and The Institute of Cancer Research's Interactive Education Unit are attending the World Congress on Pain this week.
Notes:
-- (1) The 12th World Congress on Pain is run by the International Association for the Study of Pain and is not associated with The Institute of Cancer Research. More details are here.
-- (2) ISD Scotland cancer diagnosis statistics for 2005, describing 12,749 male person diagnoses and 13,760 female diagnoses. Some other key Scottish cancer statistics from ISD Scotland ar:
- The number of deaths recorded in 2006: 7,692 males and 7,333 females.
- The one twelvemonth relative survival for patients diagnosed betwixt 2000 and 2004: 60.5 per cent for males and 66.8% per cent for females.
- The five-spot year relation survival for patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2004: 42.2 per cent for males and 51 per cent for females.
-- (3) Jacobsen R, Si�gren P, Modlrup C, Christrup L. (2007) Physician-related barriers to cancer pain management with opioid analgesics: a taxonomical review. J Opioid Manag 3(4): 207-14. Also Azevedo S�o Le�o Ferreira K, Kimura M, Jacobsen Teixeira M. (2006) The WHO pain pill ladder for cancer painfulness control, twenty years of use. How much pain in the neck relief does one get from exploitation it? Support Care Cancer 14(11): 1086-93.
-- (4) Hanks G. (1995) Problem areas in pain and symptom management in advanced crab patients. Eur J Cancer 31(6): 869-70.
-- The Institute of Cancer Research is Europe's leading cancer research centre with expert scientists working on cutting edge research. It was founded in 1909 to dribble out research into the causes of cancer and to get new strategies for its prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. For more entropy visit web.icr.ac.uk.
-- The Institute is a charity that relies on voluntary income. The Institute is one of the world's to the highest degree cost-effective major cancer enquiry organisations with over 95p in every � of total income directly load-bearing research.
-- The Royal Marsden Hospital was the first hospital in the world dedicated to cancer treatment and research into the causes of cancer. A man leader in research, drug trialling and diagnostics, The Royal Marsden provides inpatient, day concern and outpatient services for all areas of cancer treatment. The Royal Marsden is supported by its charity, The Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign.
-- The award-winning Interactive Education unit (IEU) is part of The Institute's Academic Services. The IEU promotes and disseminates the educational, clinical and research activities of The Institute in order to better treatment, care and calibre of life for people with genus Cancer. Website at: http://www.ieu.icr.ac.uk; email: ieu@icr.ac.uk.
-- The development and free distribution of the CD ROM has been made available with a generous contribution made in memory of Sarah Roberts.
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Three Days Grace Concert DVD 'Three Days Grace: Live at The Palace 2008' Available Only At Best Buy
Band Highlights Release with Select Theatrical Screenings Nationwide
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isthmus Three Days Grace (3DG) announces the release of "Three Days Grace:
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Morgan Freeman On the Mend After Surgery
Morgan Freeman is on the mend today, following operating theater to his left arm and hand that were injured in a elevator car crash Sunday night.
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"Morgan is doing well after his surgery last nighttime to reconnect nerves and repair scathe in his left arm and hand," his interpreter, Donna Lee, said in a program line Tuesday.
"The surgery last night lasted four-spot and a half hours. He's visiting with family this daybreak. As of this dayspring he's up and walking around and looking forward to his release in a few days."
Freeman was airlifted to the Regional Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn., where he was in serious condition later his elevator car veered off the route, Ben Williams, Mississippi Highway patrol police sergeant, told ABC News Monday.
"Mr. Freeman was involved in an accident around 11:30 p.m. yesterday. The vehicle was travelling eastbound on Mississippi Highway 32 in Tallahatchie County. The vehicle ran off the edge of the road and began to flip various times," he said.
"The doors were packed on the vehicle from the rolling and flipping," he continued. "We had to go the doors open with the jaws of life-time to take out him."
Williams noted there is no indication that drugs or alcoholic beverage were involved in the crash, adding, "it would be speculation on my behalf to say he fell asleep at the wheel."
He also said Freeman was "conscious and non disoriented" following the crash.
Freeman was driving with a female rider, Demaris Meyer, to whom the machine was registered. Williams aforementioned both Freeman and Meyer were eroding seat belts and were airlifted to the Memphis' Regional Medical Center following the crash.
In a statement Monday, Freeman's rep aforementioned: "He has a rugged arm, busted elbow and minor shoulder damage merely he is in honorable spirits. He is sledding to have surgery this afternoon or tomorrow to correct the damage. He says he'll be o.K. and is looking forwards to a full recovery."
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