5 - Pharmacological Pain Control and Local Anaesthesia Flashcards
Factors influencing perception of pain (7)
Pain control
Anaesthesia vs Analgesia
4 Common Methods of Pain Control
- Local Anaesthesia
- Analgesics
- Local Anaesthesia and Inhalation sedation
- General Anaesthesia
Medications are prescribed based on:
a child’s body weight
Formula to gain an approximate weight for children between 1-10 years:
Common analgesics
CONTRAINDICATION FOR IBUPROFEN = asthmatic
Paracetamol
Indications
Dose
Paracetamol
What dose can cause serious or fatal adverse effects?
Ibuprofen
Indications
Contraindications
Ibuprofen
Dose
LA - how does it work?
common LA solutions
Lidocaine
Storage:
Contraindications :
Dosage of lidocaine / lignocaine
How many mg/ml?
How many ml in a cartridge?
How many mg in a cartridge?
Max dose per kg?
LIDOCAINE IS THE SAME AS LIGNOCAINE