Pain (Rashiq Sept 14)

Question 1

definition of pain (IASP)

Answer 1

sensory AND emotional experience associated with actual tissue damage or described in terms of such damage

Question 2

what information should be obtained when assessing acute pain?

Answer 2

OPQRST: onset, provocation, quality, region, severity, time

Question 3

three ways to assess intensity of acute pain

Answer 3

verbal descriptor. wong baker facial grimace scale. activity tolerance scale.

Question 4

nociception vs. pain vs. suffering

Answer 4

nociception = mechanical process of pain signaling

Question 5

gate theory of pain

Answer 5

other non noxious stimulus sends information to spinal cord that inhibits transmission of pain stimulus

Question 6

two take home messages

Answer 6

if you listen carefully enough, a person in pain will tell you their diagnosis. CNS modulates the way we feel pain (changes minute to minute and person to person)