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Anaesthesia | Pain | Acute Pain: History, Examination and Simple Uni-dimensional Tools
Speciality
Medical Doctors
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Time / Duration
20 to 30 minutes
Subject matter expert
Royal College of Anaesthetists
Provider
eIntegrity
Acute Pain: History, Examination and Simple Uni-dimensional Tools
Session Overview
Description
This session is an introduction to the assessment of acute pain. It will cover history taking and physical examination, concentrating on the measurement of pain, particularly the use of simple unidimensional tools.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Explain the role of assessment in acute pain
- List the important aspects of pain history taking
- List the important aspects in the physical examination of a patient with pain
- Describe some of the common unidimensional tools used for measuring acute pain
- Describe the role of behavioural assessment
Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should:
- Module 01/Preoperative management/Preoperative assessment relevant to anaesthesia/History and examination (001-0023)
- Module 02/Preoperative Assessment/History/Preoperative history - important principles (001-0128)
- Module 02/Preoperative Assessment/Examination/Examination - important principles (001-0130)
Modules this course belongs to
Title
Anaesthesia | Pain | Acute Pain: History, Examination and Simple Uni-dimensional Tools
Speciality
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
Anesthetics, Pain management
Provider Type
Education Provider
Time / Duration
20 to 30 minutes
Location
Online
Posted By
eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
Reference
Anaesthesia (e-LA) (eIntegrity), e-LA Module 05a - Pain, 05a_06_01 Acute Pain: History, Examination and Simple Uni-dimensional Tools
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