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1 Partnership between sickle cell nurse and families in outpatient clinic Ngalula Mujinga Malou Nurse (sickle cell disease) University Children Hospital Queen Fabiola (HUDERF)(Belgium) 6 th EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON RARE ANAEMIAS 1 st Dutch-Belgian meeting for patients and health professionals 21 st - 22 nd November 2015 Amsterdam - The Netherlands

2 Disclosures Company name Research support Employee Consultant Stockholder Speakers bureau Advisory board Other Nothing

3 This talk is applicable for: Definite Probable Sickle cell disease

4 Lecture content 1.Sickle cell anemia s patients in Belgium 2.Partnership in outpatient clinic Objectives: Understand what is sickle cell anemia (transmission, prevention, main complications, emergencies situations ) Increase (patient/ family) s empowerment 3.Cartoon: Sam and sickle cell anemia

5 1.Sickle cell anemia s patients in Belgium Sickle cell anemia s patients in Belgium Mostly SS patients

6 2. Partnership in outpatient clinic What should patients and families know? The disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a disorder of the blood caused by an inherited abnormal hemoglobin, S,C,β SCD is inherited as an autosomal : it touchs male and female SCD is inherited as recessive condition from both the mother and the father, so that the child has two sickle cell s genes

7 2. Partnership in outpatient clinic Sickle cell disease s transmission Parent AS Sickle cell disease trait (scdt) A S A S Parent AS = Sickle cell disease trait (scdt) A A S S A S ¼ AA ¼ Homozygote SS ½ Hétéro AS(sdct)

8 2. Partnership in outpatient clinic What do parents and nurse speak about? To all Neonatal screening parents Welcome the family explain the multidisciplinary team : doctors, nurse, psychologist, social worker Give hope : a child, a sickness, an opportunity of care Arise need of follow up : daily medication, vaccination lack of drug regular consultation best cure is preventing complications Parents experts and partnership

9 2.Partnership in outpatient clinic What do patients, parents and nurse speak about? To all patients and parents Living with sickle cell anemia: prevention : hydration, cold, hot time, exercises, school, daily medicine, D vitamin, Current s exams, and the hospital How to handle common life s events : school, travel, extra activities, work, adult transition

10 2.Partnership in outpatient clinic What do patients, parents and nurse speak about? To all patients and parents Emergencies: Infection : (fever), how to recognize, what to do, when and where to go in the hospital? Anemia : how to recognize, what to do? Acute chest syndrome : how to recognize, what to do? Pain : how to recognize, what to do?

11 2.Partnership in outpatient clinic Tools we ve developped Patient s books Flyers for the school, for surgery, for peole with sickel cell trait Emergency s protocol GSM number and registration for patients Cartoon

12 3.Cartoon Sam and sickle cell anemia 3. Movie : Sam and sickle cell anemia What is sickle cell anemia? When to go to the emergency?

13 Thank You Dank U

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