Pain assessment

Chronic pain is considered physiologic pain, and acute pain is considered pathologic pain. TRUE or FALSE

FALSE acute pain is physiologic pain and chronic pain is pathologic pain

physiologic pain

normal protective pain

pathologic pain

abnormal pain

Opioids do NOT affect which step of nociception

transduction

what is nociception

process where nervous system detects potentially harmful stimuli and sends pain signals to your brain

4 stages of nociception

transduction, transmission, perception, modulation

Why would pouring salt on an open wound make it hurt more?

 

It increases sodium conduction in the nerve pathway's sodium/potassium pump

The body naturally uses opioids to modulate pain. TRUE or FALSE

true

Which of these pain scenarios warrants the LEAST priority assessment?

 

49-year-old male complaining of pain and pressure in chest radiating to L arm

 

60-year-old female complaining of “tearing” pain in her back accompanied by tachycardia

 

5-year-old female who fell 6 ft onto concrete not complaining of pain. The patient’s mother is proud because the pt is “so much calmer than normal”.

 

45-year-old male who says he has had 8/10 pain consistently for the past 10 months and it is just too much to handle

 

65-year-old male stated that he had the “worst headache of his life” which started suddenly a couple hours ago while he was having sex. He currently feels better and wants to leave.

 

45-year-old male who says he has had 8/10 pain consistently for the past 10 months and it is just too much to handle