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PAIN - Coggle Diagram
PAIN
PAIN LEVEL
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4-6 Opiods, Vicodin, Demerol
7-10 Morphine, hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
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Fifth vital sign
Patients in pain- acute community care, hospice,elderly,surgical
Gate control theory- pain messages travel from the PNS through nerve "gates" in the spinal cord and brains CNS
Pain receptor, pain threshold, pain tolerance
Pain Classification
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Chronic pain- slower onset, last more than 3 months
Nociceptive: NSAIDS
Somatic- skin bones, muscle (dull, achy, sore)
Viseceral- abdominal or thoracic (cramping, squeezing)
Neuropathic- nerve injury (stabbing, burning, shooting or knife like)
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Radiating- sciatic ,PUD, pancreatitis
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Feverfew- for migraines headaches, mestrual problems, ahtritis and fever- AE- muscle stiffness and muscle and joint pain