About This Touch
Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds
Oncology Calm Support Protocol
Overview
The QHS Oncology Calm Support Touch File is designed to support relaxation, emotional calming, and recovery-state rest for members receiving oncology care.
Whether you are resting after treatment, recovering from an emotionally demanding day, or simply seeking a quiet period of restorative rest, this Touch File provides a peaceful environment that encourages comfort and overall well-being.
It may also be used during caregiver-supported rest periods or palliative and hospice care when authorized by your healthcare team and care environment.
This Touch File is intended solely to support your overall wellness. It is not a treatment for cancer, sleep disorders, pain, or any medical condition.
Intended to Support
This Touch File is designed to support:
- Relaxation and stress calming
- Quiet rest following oncology appointments or treatment
- Recovery-state relaxation during periods of fatigue
- Low-stimulation rest during emotionally demanding days
- Caregiver-supported quiet time when safety communication remains clear
- Palliative or hospice comfort when authorized by the healthcare team
- Participant-reported comfort, relaxation, and sleep quality
Before You Begin
Continue following the care plan provided by your oncology team. This Touch File is designed to complement—not replace—your medical care.
Please continue following recommendations regarding:
- Medications
- Oncology treatments
- Hydration
- Nutrition
- Oxygen use
- Wound care
- Hospice or palliative care plans
- Follow-up appointments
For your safety:
- Use this Touch File while comfortably resting in bed or another quiet location.
- Do not use it if it prevents you from hearing your healthcare team, caregivers, family members, alarms, oxygen equipment, or your call bell.
- Do not use during medication reviews, nursing assessments, oxygen adjustments, or urgent medical situations.
- Keep the volume at a comfortable listening level.
- Stop using the Touch File if it causes dizziness, nausea, headache, confusion, agitation, emotional distress, unusual dreams, increased discomfort, or sleep disruption.
Creating a Restful Environment
Many members find it helpful to prepare both the body and the environment before beginning.
Consider:
- Dimming the lights 30–60 minutes before bedtime.
- Reducing television, phone, or tablet use.
- Keeping the room cool, quiet, and comfortable.
- Allowing yourself to breathe naturally without trying to force sleep.
- Letting the day's thoughts settle without feeling the need to solve them.
Your goal is not to make rest happen.
Your goal is simply to create the conditions in which rest is welcome.
Even if rest does not come immediately, periods of quiet relaxation and restorative rest can still be beneficial.
How to Use This Touch File
Recommended Use: One session whenever additional relaxation, emotional support, or quiet rest would be helpful.
Helpful Times to Use:
- When feeling stressed
- After treatment
- Following oncology appointments
- During a scheduled rest period
- During caregiver-supported quiet time
- During palliative or hospice comfort care when authorized
Optional Additional Use: A second session may be used if well tolerated.
Allow at least 6 hours between sessions.
Do not play this Touch File continuously or overnight on repeat.
Using Other QHS Touch Files
- Use only one QHS Touch File at a time.
- If you used an Appointment & Scan-Wait Touch File earlier in the day, this Touch File may be used later in the evening, allowing at least 6 hours between sessions.
- If you used the Treatment-Day Readiness & Post-Treatment Decompression Touch File earlier, allow at least 6 hours before beginning this session.
- During active treatment, avoid combining this Touch File with detoxification, endocrine, immune, neurological, or organ-specific Touch Files unless they have become part of your established wellness routine and are well tolerated.
- If sleep worsens, dreams become distressing, fatigue increases, or sensory overload develops, reduce use or pause use.
When to Contact Your Care Team
Stop using this Touch File and contact your oncology team immediately if you experience:
- Fever or signs of infection
- Difficulty breathing
- Chest pain
- Choking or oxygen concerns
- Blue lips
- Fainting
- Sudden weakness or neurologic changes
- Severe confusion or agitation
- Persistent vomiting or diarrhea
- Severe dehydration
- Severe or uncontrolled pain
- Heavy bleeding
- Wound, port, or line concerns
- Falls or injuries
- Rapidly worsening symptoms
- Any situation requiring immediate medical attention
Suggested Wellness Journal
After each session, consider noting:
- Date and time
- Whether the Touch File was used before bedtime or during a daytime rest period
- Your comfort level before and after
- Your stress or anxiety level before and after
- Approximately how long it took to relax
- Sleep quality
- Number of nighttime awakenings
- How rested you felt the following morning
- Any questions to discuss with your healthcare team
Keeping a simple wellness journal may help you recognize patterns and reflect on your wellness journey over time.
Important Information
The QHS Oncology Calm Support Touch File is intended solely to support relaxation, emotional calming, quiet rest, recovery-state wellness, and palliative or hospice comfort when authorized by your healthcare team.
It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, reverse, slow, or manage cancer, insomnia, pain, nausea, anxiety disorders, treatment response, hospice symptoms, or any medical condition.
Please continue following all recommendations provided by your oncology team and consult qualified healthcare professionals regarding treatment decisions, persistent symptoms, or any urgent medical concerns.