Hydrocortisone Sick Day Rules with Pauline Whittingham - Virtual Pituitary Conference 2021

Our very own Pauline Whittingham discusses Hydrocortisone, sick day rules, and when to use your emergency injection if you are adrenal insufficient. Whether you are newly diagnosed or a long-term patient, this quick overview will provide you with some vital information and a refresher on how to keep safe.

Pauline is our Endocrine Specialist Nurse here at The Pituitary Foundation, and she runs our nurse helpline 3 days a week, so many of you may recognise her voice from the end of the phone!
If you have any questions for Pauline about this presentation, please leave a comment and we will aim to get your questions answered in the next couple of weeks.

USEFUL LINKS MENTIONED
Addison’s Self-Help Group - leaflets: https://www.addisonsdisease.org.uk/ho...
Addison’s Self-Help Group – Emergency injection videos:    • Emergency injection videos  
Keeping safe with Adrenal Insufficiency Factsheet: https://www.pituitary.org.uk/informat...
HC Sick Day Rules:
https://www.pituitary.org.uk/informat...
Advice for surgery, and later stages of pregnancy: https://associationofanaesthetists-pu...

NHS Steroid Card: https://www.pituitary.org.uk/news/202...
NHS Steroid Card for Children: https://www.pituitary.org.uk/news/202...

VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
This video is part of The Pituitary Foundation’s Virtual Conference 2021. We’d like to say a huge thank you to Diurnal who have generously sponsored the sessions for this online event. Follow the links below for more info about this event.

Programme: https://pituitary.org.uk/virtual-conf...
Speaker biographies: https://pituitary.org.uk/virtual-conf...

Donate online: https://thepituitaryfoundation.enthus... (When asked if you'd like to add a message, please specify that the donation is for the conference)
Donate by text: Text PITCONF to 70085 to donate £10. Texts cost £10 plus one standard rate message.
Donate by phone: 0117 370 1333

THE PITUITARY FOUNDATION:
Our website: https://pituitary.org.uk/
Our Helpline details: https://pituitary.org.uk/support-for-...
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Instagram: @pituitaryfoundation
Twitter: @Pituitary_org

MUSIC CREDIT
Groundwork by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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