• Indian J Palliat Care · Jun 2020

    Responding to Palliative Care Training Needs in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era: The Context and Process of Developing and Disseminating Training Resources and Guidance for Low- and Middle-Income Countries from Kerala, South India.

    • Sunitha Daniel, Chitra Venkateswaran, Poornima Sunder, Shoba Nair, Rajashree K Chittazhathu, Athul Joseph Manuel, Biju Raghavan, KumarM M SunilMMSDepartment of Pain and Palliative Medicine,Trivandrum Institute of Palliative Science, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kerala, India., Vineetha Rijju, Geetha Vijay, Seema Rao, Anupama V Prabhu, Uma Parameswaran, Odette Spruijt, M R Rajagopal, and Mhoira Leng.
    • Department of Pain and Palliative Care, General Hospital Ernakulam, Kerala India.
    • Indian J Palliat Care. 2020 Jun 1; 26 (Suppl 1): S8-S16.

    BackgroundPalliative care has an important role to play in the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. It is integrated and is a key component in the governmental and community structures and services in Kerala, in India. Palliative care in the state has grown to be a viable model recognized in global palliative care and public health scene. The community network of palliative care, especially the volunteers linking with clinical teams, is a strong force for advocacy, relief support including provision of emergency medications, and clinical care.ObjectiveTo develop a palliative care resource tool kit for holistic care of patients affected with COVID-19 and to support the health-care workers looking after them to enable palliative care integration with COVID-I9 management.MethodsThe Kerala State government included senior palliative care advisors in the COVID-19 task force and 22 palliative care professionals formed a virtual task force named Palli COVID Kerala as an immediate response to develop recommendations. Results: Developed a palliative care in COVID-19 resource toolkit which includes an e-book with palliative care recommendations, online training opportunities, short webinars and voice over power point presentations.ConclusionIntegrated Palliative care should be an essential part of any response to a humanitarian crisis. The e resource tool kit can be adapted for use in other low- and middle-income countries.Copyright: © 2020 Indian Journal of Palliative Care.

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