NT HEALTH - ARF/RHD: Secondary prophylaxis….its the name of the game

Acknowledgement of Country We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land that we meet on today, the Arrente people in Central Australia. [...] • Causes an acute, generalised inflammatory response that can affect the heart, joints, brain and skin • May cause permanent damage to the heart – known as Rheumatic Heart Disease Images supplied by RHD Australia 6 What is Rheumatic Heart Disease Healthy Valves Rheumatic Valves Mitral Valve Damage to one or more of the heart valves due to a single or recurrent episodes of acute rheumatic fever Aor. [...] Number of episodes of ARF % of people receiving greater than 80% of their prescibed prophylaxis Secondary prophylaxis Secondary prevention Secondary prophylaxis is regular, consistent antibiotic therapy : IM injection of long acting penicillin (Benzathine Benzylpenicillin G) Required every 21-28 days, often for many years Source: rhdaustralia.org.au 17 Barriers to Secondary Prophylaxis Main themes. [...] 22 Pain minimisation Pain minimisation – BPG with lignocaine A strategy to deliver lignocaine with BPG is to transfer the contents of the pre-filled BPG syringe to a new syringe, draw lignocaine into the new syringe tip, then administer using the new syringe so that the lignocaine is injected first. [...] THS@nt.gov.au Title and agenda Slide 1: ARF/RHD: Secondary prophylaxis….its the name of the game Slide 2: Acknowledgement of Country Slide 3: Session outline Section Slide 4: Take Heart Trailer Slide 5: What is ARF and RHD? A brief overview Slide 6: What is Acute Rheumatic Fever (ARF)? Slide 8: What is Rheumatic Heart Disease Slide 9: Who has the highest risk for ARF ? Slide 10: Why be concerned a.