Pain Flashcards
What is the most reliable indicator of pain?
Patient Report
Is Pain a Vital Sign
Yes
5 common sources of discomfort
-Pain
-End of life care
-fatigue
-fibromyalgia
-sleep rest disorder
Duration of pain
-acute
-chronic
-combination
Location of Pain
-site
-radiation
-referred
Types of Comfort
-physical
-psychosocial
-sociocultural
-environmental
Descriptors of Pain
-intensity
-quality
-frequency/duration
Acute Pain
-sudden onset
-identifiable injury
-short duration
-initiates typical autonomic responses
three types of acute pain
-somatic
-visceral
referred
Chronic Pain
-prolonged
-not always a known cause
-autonomic response decreases over time
Three types of chronic pain
-chronic recurrent
-chronic intractable
-chronic progressive
Breakthrough pain
Transient
(IV insertion)
3 types of breakthrough pain
-incidental
-idiopathic
-eod med failure
Central Pain
Damage to CNS Nerves (Stroke MS Trauma)
Immediate or delayed
constant
Phantom pain
felt in amputated body part
usually recurring
associated w/ neuro activity in brain
psychogenic pain
associated w/ psych factors
real pain
Untreated pain consequences
-prolonged stress response
-reduced immune competence
-cardiovascular instability
-respiroty dysfunction
-genitourinary disturbances
-decreased gastro intestinal motility
metabolic imbalance
-development issues
-increased chronic post surgical pain syndromes
PQRST stands for what
Provoking
Quality
Region/radiation
Severity
Time
Behavioral Signs of Pain
Facial Expressions, Restlessness, change in activity, crying, assessment tools
Non pharmacological interventions for pain
Massage
Positioning/body alignment
Splinting
Thermal Intervention
Mind-Body Therapies
Adjust environmental settings
