Pain Scales

Numeric pain scale can be used with who?

Anyone over 9

This pain scale is appropriate for Adults who cannot verbalize or children over 3.

Wong-Baker faces

FLACC pain scale is used for what ages?

2 months to 7 years

A visual self-assessment tool developed to help individuals, especially children, describe the severity of their pain using a series of faces with numbers from 0 ("no hurt") to 10 ("hurts worst").

Wong-Baker faces

A behavioral pain assessment tool used to evaluate pain in infants, children, and individuals with cognitive impairments who cannot self-report their pain.

FLACC pain scale

FLACC stands for?

Face

Legs

Activity

Cry

Consolability

For the FLACC scale is a lower or higher rating better?

Lower