13: Pain Management
Assessment and Management of Pain
Pain Definition:
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with the actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage or both.
Pain can be classified as acute, chronic and malignant pain.
Acute Pain: Acute pain is caused by injury, surgery, illness, trauma or painful medical procedures. It serves as a warning of disease or a threat to the body. It generally lasts for a short period of time, and usually disappears when the underlying cause has been treated or has healed.
Chronic Pain: Chronic pain exists beyond an expected time for healing. It is a persistent pain state not associated
Assessment and Management of Pain
Pain Definition:
The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with the actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage or both.
Pain can be classified as acute, chronic and malignant pain.
Acute Pain: Acute pain is caused by injury, surgery, illness, trauma or painful medical procedures. It serves as a warning of disease or a threat to the body. It generally lasts for a short period of time, and usually disappears when the underlying cause has been treated or has healed.
Chronic Pain: Chronic pain exists beyond an expected time for healing. It is a persistent pain state not associated