Pain

Question 1

FLACC Scale

Answer 1

A behavioral scale used for nonverbal children, children with cognitive or developmental delays, infants, kids in the PACU waking up from anesthesia

Question 2

Infant response to pain

Answer 2

Bodily response, generalized to localized, loud crying, facial expressions, physical resistance, they react with entire body

Question 3

Young child response to pain

Answer 3

Loud crying, screaming, some verbal expression, thrashing arms and legs, lack of cooperation, clings to others (parents, nurses), behaviors begin in anticipation of pain, they cannot tell you where it hurts

Question 4

School aged response to pain

Answer 4

Same as young child during a painful episode but not so in anticipation, stalling behaviors to avoid pain (negotiate there way out of it), muscular ridigity

Question 5

Adolescent response to pain

Answer 5

Less vocal and motor response, more verbal expression, increase muscle tension/body control

Question 6

Nonpharmacological Pain Management Therapies for adolescents

Answer 6

Playing games or face timing with friends

Question 7

Nonpharmacological Pain Management Therapies for infants

Answer 7

Kangaroo care (skin to skin contact), swaddling, nonnutritive sucking, rocking, swaying

Question 8

Nonpharmacological Pain Management Therapies for toddlers

Answer 8

distraction (can be any age), blowing bubbles, deep breathing

Question 9

Topical Pain Relief Medcations

Answer 9

EMLA (Eutectic Mixture of Local Anesthetics), Topical Vapocoolant Spray