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List the 5 parameters of pain |
Location and course, quality, intensity, history, observation of non-verbal cues. |
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List the 6 different types of pain |
acute, chronic, referred, radiating, persistent, and abnormal |
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Radiating pain |
pain felt somewhere in the body in addition to the location of the source. aka radiculopathy. Radiating pain always involves a nerve |
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A delta fibers |
myelinated, sharp/ prickling, well localized |
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C fibers |
unmyelinated, long lasting, burning, dull, diffuse, conduct signals slowly |
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How do we assess pain? |
Numerical rating (Borg scale), Verbal Rating Scale, visual analog scale, pain drawing, combination of pain assessments |
