Random Questions
BHC Scope of Care
Types of Pain
Goals of Pain Management
100
Is pain medication helpful in managing pain?
Quite often, yes
100
Is prescribing medications for pain within the BHC scope of practice?
No
100
Pain that persists for more than 3 months
What is chronic or persistent pain
100
The ultimate wish of people experiencing chronic pain is to
What is have no pain
200
The motto of Philadelphia is
What is "Let brotherly love abide you"
200
What are specific relaxation techniques that may be helpful for pain management?

One of the following:

-Visualization

-Deep Breathing

-Progressive Muscle Relaxation

-Autogenics


200
Shooting, stabbing, burning, tingling (pins and needles) pain is called
What is neuropathic pain
200
One true goal of pain management
What is reduction, but not elimination of pain
300
Neurotonin, Lyrica, and some antidepressant medications may be used to help treat pain (True or False)
What is True. The antidepressant and other medication seems to work at the course of the pain to ease the signal of persistent/chronic pain
300
Long-term use of opioid pain medication increases the experience of pain (True or False?)
What is True 

Pain is dulled by opioids in the brain, and over time the nerves send more pain messages and "turn up the volume." Therefore more pain can be felt later with opioid pain medication, especially when the medication isn't present

300
Provide one type of somatic (or body type) pain
What is arthritis, tension headache, chronic back pain, stomachache
300
Another realistic goal of pain management is
What is having a way to function with pain
400
Is there a maximum dose where Tylenol, naproxen, or ibuprofen have no added benefit to pain management Yes or No?
What is Yes. 


After certain dosages these pain medications offer no extra help. For example, 400mg of ibuprofen is the "ceiling" where minimal benefit happens above that dose.

400
What behavioral strategies are helpful for boosting functioning with chronic pain, especially for those people that too often "over-do-it"  or "rest too much" 
Pacing is a behavioral technique that helps to boost activity but provide rules and structure to keep someone in safe limits


Pre-planning a day, problem-solving, delegation of activities, expert-guided exercise and self-massage are also good techniques

400
Somatic (joint, muscle) pain is easy to locate and is often found to be throbbing or pulsating pain. True or False
What is True
400
A single approach to pain is ideal
What is false We'll talk about having a balanced approach of different tools to help you manage pain If you are only using medicine to deal with pain, you will have a lot of pain
500
In what year was the Health Federation of Philadelphia founded?
What is 1983
500
One major predictor of worsening persistent pain is something called Pain Catastrophization.


What is this phenomena and how might you address it?

Pain catastrophizing is characterized by the tendency to magnify the threat value of a pain stimulus and to feel helpless in the presence of pain, as well as by a relative inability to prevent or inhibit pain-related thoughts in anticipation of, during, or following a painful event.

CBT, ACT, Guided Inquiry, Solution-Focused Therapy can address this. 

500
Sleep problems, depression, anxiety, and anger improves pain symptoms (True or False)
What is False...  These symptoms can increase the actual pain symptoms (by increasing inflammation) and can lower our pain threshold
500
Pain management often includes 1. pain medication, 2. pain alleviating activities, 3. activity management, and 4. _____________
What is relaxation techniques
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