Infant Behaviors/Pediatric Pain Flashcards
1
Q
stress/disorganized autonomic behaviors
A
- seizures
- respiratory pauses
- color changes
- gagging, gasping, spitting up
- hiccups
- straining or producing bowel movement
- tremors, startling, twitching
- coughing, sneezing, yawning, sighing
2
Q
stress/disorganized motor behaviors
A
motor hypertonicity w/ extension of:
- trunk
- legs (sitting on air; leg bracing)
- arms (airplane; salute)
- hands and feet (splays)
- face (grimacing and tongue extension)
- protective maneuvers - hands on face or arm guard
motor hyperflexion - fisting, trunk, and extremities
3
Q
stress/disorganized state behaviors
A
- diffuse sleep or awake states w/ whimpering sounds, facial twitches and discharge smile
- fussing or crying
- panicked or worried alertness
- glassy-eyed strained alertness
- irritability and diffuse arousal
- rapid state oscillations
- crying
- eye floating, staring, active gaze averting
4
Q
pieces of hurt pain scale age range
A
age 3 and up
5
Q
Wong-Baker FACES and other faces pain age range
A
age 4 and up
6
Q
Visual analogue scale age range
A
age 7 or above
7
Q
Numeric Rating Scale age range
A
age 8 or above
8
Q
HR response to pain
A
initially decreases and then increases in response to short, sharp pain
9
Q
Respiratory rate response to pain
A
usually increases and becomes more shallow
- O2 stats typically fall
10
Q
3 basic positions of comfort
A
- back to chest
- chest to chest
- prone/supine on or beside the parent
