8.0a Wk7 Kids - Pain

Question 1

What model can you use to assess the level of pain, with kids?

Answer 1

Wong Baker Faces Model

Question 2

What if the child cannot tell you which face they are on the Wong Baker Faces Model?

Answer 2

• Facial expression
• Crying
• Arms and Legs
• Posture
• Statue of arousal
• Heart rate
• Respirations

Question 3

What other models can be used?

Answer 3

FLACC model – Observational model

* Face
* Legs
* Activity
* Cry
* Consolability

Question 4

What indicators might a pharmacist look at when they meet the child re: pain?

Answer 4

Question 5

How do you treat pain in a child?

Answer 5

Question 6

Do you have to be careful with codeine in Kids

Answer 6

Yes

Only given to kids 12 years and older

If Sleep apnoea, tonsils removed, may lead to respiratory depression

**Don’t give to breast feeding mothers as can pass to the baby,
**

Question 7

What additional challenges may present when managing pain?

Answer 7

• Need for blood tests
  
  • Can be shock
  • Sit on lap of parent to distract
  • Numb insertion site with cream.