PQRST
The Scales
Types
Pharmacologic
Complementary Management
100
What does the P stand for when assessing pain?
Percipitating Factors
100
What scale would you use to determine someone's pain level who is verbal and coherent?
Numerical Pain Scale
100
This pain is time limited
Acute pain
100
What is the most common type of OTC analgesic drug?
Acetaminophen
100
A child feel and bumped their elbow. The parent says. Look it's a bird.
What pain management technique was used?
Distraction
200
What does the Q stand for when assessing pain?
Quality
200
Pain scale for non-english speaking patient
FACES
200
Describe the type of pain someone would experience when they put their hand over a flame
Nociceptive or Acute
200
Name a common NSAID
naproxen, ibuprofen
200
Pet therapy
300
What does the R stand for when assessing pain?
Relieving factors
300
Patient presents with a sad face and no tears in their eyes, how would you rate their pain?
8/9 on FACES
300
Throbbing, achy pain
Somatic
300
Name another common side effect of opioid drugs besides respiratory depression
Nausea, pruritis, sedation, constipation
300
This machine delivers electrical pulses to reduce pain signals and perception
TENS Stimulator
400
What does the S stand for when assessing pain?
Severity
400
Pain scale for Intubated patient
FLACC
400
Dull, cramping, stretching
Visceral
400
This machine helps deliver pain medication by pt pressing a button
PCA pump
400
Taichi, yoga, reiki can be labeled as examples of
Energy therapies
500
What does the T stand for when assessing pain?
Timing
500
5 year old came into the ER for a MVA. Which pain scale is most appropriate?
FLACC, numerical
*Can they follow commands
500
This pain is associated with an amputee patient's who experiences pain of the limb that is no longer there
Phantom Limb Pain or Neuropathic
500
Name a classification for adjuvant drugs
Muscle relaxers, anti-epileptics, anti-convulsants, anti-depressants
500
This helps the pt gain control of their physiologic responses
Biofeedback