Patient information leaflets | Right Decisions

Please update your RDS mobile app to version 4.7.1

We are pleased to advise that deep linking capability, enabling users to directly download individual mobile toolkits, has now been released on the RDS mobile app. When you install the update, you will see that each toolkit has a small QR code icon the header area beside the search icon – see screenshot below. Clicking on this icon will open up a window with a full-size QR code and the alternative of a short URL for sharing with users. Instructions are provided.

You may need to actively install the update to install RDS app version 4.7.1 to see this improvement. Installing this update is also strongly recommended to get the full benefits of the new contingency arrangements – specifically, that if the RDS website should fail, you will still be able to download new mobile app toolkits.

To check your current RDS version, click on the three dots bottom right of the RDS app screen. This takes you to a “More” page where you will see the version number. To install latest updates:

On iPhones – go to the Apple store, click on your profile icon top right, scroll down to see the apps waiting to be updated and update the RDS app.

On Android phones – these can vary, but try going to the Google Play store, click on your profile icon top right, click on “Manage apps and device”, select and update the RDS app.

Please get in touch with ann.wales3@nhs.scot with any questions.

Patient information leaflets from the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists

https://fpm.ac.uk/patients/patient-info external web link

Leaflets are available on the following topics:

Medications

Amitriptyline
Duloxetine
Gabapentin
Nortriptyline
NSAIDs
Pregabalin

Interventions

General information: Injection treatments
Coeliac plexus block
Dorsal root ganglion block / Transforaminal epidural / Nerve root block
Epidural steroid injection
Facet joint injections
Facet joint medial branch blocks
Facet joint rhizolysis / Radio frequency lesioning (Denervation)
Intravenous regional analgesia
Lumbar sympathetic block with local anaesthesia
Occipital nerve injection
Peripheral nerve injections: intercostal nerve block
Sacroiliac joint injection
Sedation for procedures
Stellate ganglion block
Trigger point injections

Other

Driving and Pain: Information for patients
Cannabis and cannabis-related substances in the management of pain