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“What is pediatric palliative care?”Pediatric palliative care is an integrated medical service that contributes to improving the quality of life by alleviating physical, psychological, social and spiritual difficulties such as various symptoms, discomfort, and stress experienced by children and adolescents with serious diseases and their families during the treatment process.“What is a breeze?”‘Salt breeze’ means ‘soul breeze’ and is the name of the pediatric palliative care team at Seoul St.
Mary’s Hospital.‘Salsol Baram’ is composed of experts in each field, such as doctors, nurses, medical social workers, art therapists, music therapists, carpenters, and volunteers.
, it contains the hope that it will be able to deliver the fragrance of hope in the midst of difficult daily life experienced during the repeated treatment process.“Grand Prize for Pediatric Palliative Care”Children under the age of 24 who are being treated for serious diseases and their families• Target disease type and severity: Focused on severely ill patients with life-limiting conditions (LLC)* ex) Malignant tumors, neuromuscular diseases, cardiovascular diseases, renal and urinary system diseases, blood or immune diseases; Intestinal diseases, respiratory diseases, metabolic disorders, premature infants, other congenital or hereditary diseases, etc.• Eligible age: ‘under 24 years of age’, which is the age of youth under the Framework Act on Youth ※ However, it is limited to those who have been diagnosed with the Department of Pediatrics and have been receiving treatment continuously.
Services continue to be provided regardless of age after registration“Multidisciplinary team activity”• Composition: pediatrician, psychiatrist, nurse, social worker, carpenter, therapist (art, play, music, etc.), volunteers• Team meeting and care meeting: Every Thursday at 2 pm, team members gather to establish a treatment plan to provide care to children and their families in various ways through individual case meetings.“Pediatric and Adolescent Palliative Medical Services”psychosocial supportWe provide care for the complex psychosocial, economic, and spiritual difficulties that patients and their families may experience during the treatment process.
Consultation with social workers, art therapy, music therapy, play therapy, connection with volunteers, etc.
are provided.Medical social worker consultationBeing diagnosed with a life-threatening disease doesnt just end with the onset, it means changing the roles of family members, daily life and hobbies, and overall aspects of the childs and familys lives.
Social Welfare Counseling provides counseling on the psychosocial characteristics of the child according to the stage of the disease, school adaptation, peer relationships, talking about the disease, difficulties expected for the family during the treatment process, psychosocial problems of siblings, and economic problems including treatment costs.
Consultation and liaison with necessary resources.mind counselingA pediatric psychiatrist provides mental counseling and psychological testing for children and their families depression, anxiety, and stress caused by disease.spiritual supportWe provide spiritual comfort to sick children and their families who need a religious approach, such as Catholicism, Protestantism, or Buddhism, to alleviate their spiritual difficulties by utilizing appropriate resources.Pain and symptom managementPain is one of the major factors that make it difficult for children undergoing treatment, and proper management and control are known to help improve the quality of life of children and their families.Solsolbaram Team actively uses drug and non-pharmaceutical treatment to more accurately evaluate and effectively control a childs pain.
During this process, the selection of drugs, etc., is carefully discussed with the treatment team and decided in consideration of the preferences of the patient and family.smooth communicationThe Pediatrics Palliative Medical Team (Solsolbaram) discusses the patients current medical condition closely with the medical team and furthermore, helps to make better choices in complex medical situations through smooth communication between the patient, family, and treatment team.
.important decision makingWe are with the child and his/her family when they need to make decisions about future treatment and care, or when they need to discuss the childs current condition and expected situation ahead of a difficult medical decision.