An incurable patient is an incurable patient. Usually, the vitality of such a person is still supported by appropriate medications, but only with the aim of alleviating suffering, and not healing, since in such cases there is practically no hope of a positive outcome.
Incurable patient: who is this
When a loved one comes to the edge, it becomes scary. No matter how paradoxical and cruel it may sound, in such cases you want a quick and easy end, especially if you are sure that it is inevitable. Unfortunately, few get such an instant death, especially in our time, when oncology "prospers" and in almost every fourth house there is an incurable patient. What kind of patients are you asking? Doctors will answer: such people are no longer their “clients”, because they cannot cure them. Cancer is a terrible disease, the misfortunes of the 21st century. It is good when it is discovered at an early stage. And what about those who already have a third or fourth degree of illness? Or is it the initial form, but, as it sometimes happens, is it inoperable?
Such doomed patients are often discharged home, leaving them and relatives alone with grief. The principle is not only in Russia, but also in most countries of the world. Doctors are pondering: why would a hopeless patient take a place in a medical institution if it could be given to the person who still has a chance to save? Cruel, but logical.
Relatives Actions
Incurable cancer patients are people who face great injustice. They have to endure hell on earth when they realize that precious minutes are irrevocably leaving: there are very few of them left. What to say about their relatives and close circle. They go through nine circles of hell, becoming attached to the bed of a doomed person, because he needs professional medical care. Family members take turns watching the boats, artificial openings for breathing and emptying, treating postoperative sutures, decaying tumors, enduring the patient’s whims, listening to his moans and screams ...
Even the most courageous relatives often despair from such a fate. Indeed, to ensure a worthy life for a terminally ill patient is a difficult task, but it can be solved. And it is necessary to do this, even if a person has only a few months or weeks. The main thing is not to give up. And remember that man is not to blame. It is unlikely that he wished himself such an end, and you - a similar life.
Doctors' appointments
What is an incurable cancer patient, we figured out. Now let's look at the aspect of the medical care that is provided to them. Leaving them completely without medical support would be blasphemous, so they must be registered with the district oncologist. He is obliged to advise the patient or his relatives on such topics: what drugs can be used, where to buy them and how to get them. Prescriptions are written in the clinic: in theory, only painkillers “shine” on such a person. And then the doctor can prescribe the drug for 5 days, after which the relatives again have to upholster the thresholds.
Ambulances, in spite of their congestion and a busy schedule, are trying to travel to calls to such patients. Not always, and not everyone does it willingly, but cannot do without kind hearts. Media representatives also contribute. They regularly publish tragic stories in newspapers and shoot stories about them, trying to reach out to senior officials so that they pass appropriate laws to make life easier for hopeless patients.
Palliative care
An incurable patient really needs it. This is the help he needs that provides the patient and his relatives with support at all stages of an incurable disease: medical, social and psychological. All types of such therapy are provided at home. Many cities have created special medical teams that work exclusively with such patients, usually acting on a voluntary basis. They come to them several times a week, check their condition, give recommendations, and conduct conversations.
Palliative care for incurable patients is a diverse support that “works” when the anti-cancer treatment is no longer helpful. It can be aimed both at reducing the manifestations of oncology, and at the maximum extension of life. Palliative care is often provided by volunteers. They begin to communicate with patients even in a hospital. Thanks to them, family members receive voluminous information and psychological support before their relative is discharged from the hospital.
the main task
Until the "victorious end" incurable cancer patients are being treated. This means that all possible therapy is applied to them: radiation and chemical, as well as drug treatment and laser exposure. When all radical methods are exhausted and the result is not achieved, the patient is usually considered terminally ill. Despite his status, he has the right to a normal life. The palliative service is engaged in ensuring its quality. This is the main task of the staff, which is obliged to proceed from a simple truth: everyone has the right to get rid of pain.
Therefore, doctors and volunteers are obliged to monitor the latest in the medical market and immediately inform their relatives about them. There are also special organizations that collect material assistance if the financial situation of the family does not allow it to buy expensive medicines. Another important function of palliative care is to brighten up the patient's leisure time, to diversify it. Therefore, volunteers often come home to patients, trying to interest them in a variety of activities: drawing, singing, reading, needlework, and so on.
Other patients
Cancer patients are the core of palliative measures. But not only they need such help. There are other incurable patients: people who are dying away from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Urbach-Vite disease, progeria and other ailments. You can treat them, but therapy in most cases is ineffective. Do not forget about the lonely old people who can’t take care of themselves, as well as people with disabilities who are left alone with their misfortune. Such patients also need palliative care. Its main advantage is that it is free.
Assistance to incurable patients in these cases is similar. Often, staff also acts on a voluntary and voluntary basis. He leaves the house and, in fact, does the most “black” work: changing diapers and bedding, treating pressure sores. If relatives do not visit such patients, they also need other help. Therefore, it is a fairly common phenomenon when volunteers or social workers buy food for them, prepare meals, feed them, and also clean the room and wash their clothes.
Hospices
The incurable patient has the right to stay in it. This is a rather gloomy place, society thinks. But this is a fallacy. People do not die in hospices, but live: they write books, play chess, walk in the garden, watch comedies, read newspapers, and communicate. The staff adheres to the principle: if a person cannot be saved from imminent death, this does not mean that he does not need elementary leisure. Hospice employees are working on this.
When an incurable patient appears in the family, a definition in a hospice should occur with his personal consent. This will greatly facilitate life for relatives, as the staff of the institution professionally copes with bedsores, skillfully affects the patient's psyche, selects optimal pain medications for him. Holidays and parties are organized for them, and for the smallest patients even become wizards, fulfilling their cherished desires. For children, due to virtues and caring citizens, they give toys, carry horses, arrange a meeting with their favorite artists. And it is easier for the incurable patient himself to come to terms with fate when his companions in misfortune surround him. Together they support every resident of the hospice and get used to living in a new way.