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The Pinch Me Pod – an MDT approach to delirium in hospital settings This is the ‘Pinch Me Pod’, a podcast resource from the Northern Health and Social Care Trust, to help explore the topic of delirium in detail, and what the multidisciplinary team can do to recognise and manage delirium in the hospital setting. Dr Stephen Collins, Doctor in Elderly Care Medicine, hosts this podcast series, alongside a panel of staff from across the acute hospitals in Antrim and Causeway, in Northern Ireland. ...
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In this fourth episode, we consider what we can do to try and support patients with complex, difficult and prolonged cases of delirium that don't resolve as quickly or as easily as we would like them to. We consider the concept that behaviour of any kind is a form of communication that is often driven by a need, and we talk through the benefits of …
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In this third episode, we move on to the next step and focus on the management of delirium. How do we look after patients affected by delirium? Can we expect them to make a full recovery? And if so, how long does that process normally take? We recognise that the management of delirium is multifaceted and it is crucial that we aim to identify and tr…
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In this second episode, we explore the various triggers for delirium and what causes this acute confusional state, as well as consider some methods for preventing it. We consider questions such as can other medical conditions make someone more likely to get delirium and can multi morbidity play a part? Julie Magee, lead pharmacist, explores the rol…
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In this episode, we explore what delirium is and why it is so common in the patients that we see across our hospitals. We talk about assessment and what we can do to recognise and diagnose delirium early with a focus on ‘SQID’ and the 4AT, outlined in the Regional Delirium care pathway. We refer to the ‘PINCH ME’ mnemonic to help us consider the mo…
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