Overview
Good supportive care consists of regular, basic interventions to prevent the development of new medical problems. Supportive care is:
- Simple
- Generally unexciting
- Highly beneficial
Aspects can be remembered using the FASTHUGS IN BED mnemonic:
- Fluids and Feeding
- Analgesia
- Sedation and Sleep
- Thromboprophylaxis
- Head-up Positioning
- Ulcer prophylaxis
- Glucose
- Skin
- IDC
- NGT
- Bowels
- Environment
- De-escalation