Methods
Surgical training
Theoretical and practical nursing training
Creation of local care protocols
Cameroon Project
Objectif
- Improving the quality and safety of paediatric oncology care
Resources :
- Implantable chamber surgery
- Surgical training
- Workshops to train nurses in the use, handling and maintenance of implantable chambers
- Theoretical and practical training for nurses
- Creation of local care protocols
- Design and creation of educational material for patients and their families
Why an ‘implantable chamber’?
The treatment of children in paediatric oncology involves the administration of massive quantities of drugs (chemotherapy), and sometimes repeated blood sampling. One of the major challenges in this area is the placement of venous catheters. The current standard is to install a central venous access, partially or fully implantable, and sometimes tunnelled. Unfortunately, patients in countries with limited resources do not yet benefit from this type of equipment. Some children do not receive their chemotherapy treatment because of the lack of satisfactory venous access.
The introduction of implantable chambers for children suffering from cancer in Yaoundé would provide a concrete response to a specific problem.
Pilot phase: 16 to 21 October 2023
- Installation of implantable chambers at Yaoundé University Hospital
- Training nurses in the handling, use and maintenance of implantable chambers
- Establishment of care protocols adapted locally to the use of the device
- Donation of equipment
- Meeting with various local players to discuss the feasibility of the project
Preparatory mission: 25-28 June 2024
- Discussion and preparation of collaboration agreements between PSC and local partners
- Preparation of future surgical missions
- Meeting with various local players involved in the care of children in paediatric oncology
- Visit to the paediatric oncology department at the Chantal Biya Foundation’s Mother and Child Centre in Yaoundé
Mission to improve the quality of paediatric oncology care in Cameroon
from 01.11 to 10.11.2024 in Yaoundé
- Patients operated on: 8
- Patients declined: 7
(4 non-operable patients and 3 parental withdrawals) - Nursing training day: 20 participants
- Nursing training workshops and follow-up care for patients
- 2 Cameroonian surgeons took part and operated on patients
- Swiss team: 1 paediatric surgeon and a paediatric oncology nurse.
- Next mission: January – February 2025
Mission Report
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