3.3 - Pain Management

Question 1

Type of pain management for neonate

Answer 1

Non-pharmacological

• Skin to Skin
• breastfeeding
• small volume of breast or formula milk
• cuddling
• swaddling
• Oral Sucrose
  
  • studies have proven oral sucrose with one of the above have shown a decrease in infant pain when:
    
    • heel pricks
    • injections
    • for single events not prolonged procedures
  • Sucrose is thought to stimulate b-endorphin release and interactions with dopamine and the neurotransmitter acetylcholine

Question 2

best practice when managing pain in babies

Answer 2

• breastfeeding
• skin to skin
• sucrose