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HEALTHY ME: Pain Management Presented by: APS Healthcare Southwestern PA Health Care Quality Unit (HCQU). February, 2010 djk. Disclaimer.
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HEALTHY ME:Pain ManagementPresented by: APS HealthcareSouthwestern PA Health Care Quality Unit(HCQU) February, 2010 djk
Disclaimer Information or education provided by the HCQU is not intended to replace medical advice from the consumer’s personal care physician, existing facility policy or federal, state and local regulations/codes within the agency jurisdiction. The information provided is not all inclusive of the topic presented. Certificates for training hours will only be awarded to those who attend a training in its entirety. Attendees are responsible for submitting paperwork to their respective agencies.
Note of Clarification While mental retardation (MR) is still recognized as a clinical diagnosis, in an effort to support the work of self-advocates, the APS SW PA HCQU will be using the terms intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD) to replace mental retardation (MR) when feasible.
Objectives Upon completion of the session the participant will: • Describe what pain is • Identify tools to use to tell someone you’re in pain • Identify ways to relieve pain
What Good isPain? • Protects your body • Alerts you that something is wrong
What Does Pain Feel Like ? Pressure Dull Ache Pinching • Burning Sharp Stabbing
When Does It Hurt? Hurts all the time Every Day All Day
When Does It Hurt? Hurts some of the time Not every day Not All Day
What To Do When You Are in Pain • Tell someone • Follow doctor’s orders • Rest/Relax
When to Tell Someone You Have Pain • Every time there is pain
Tell These People About Your Pain Staff Family Doctor Nurse Friends
How To Tell Someone You Have Pain Use picture to point to area
How to Tell Someone You Have Pain Use faces to describe the amount of pain
How to Tell Someone You Have Pain Pressure Dull Ache Pinching • Burning Sharp Stabbing
How to Tell Someone You Have Pain • Lasts all the time • Comes and goes
What Helps Pain? Follow the doctor’s orders • Take the medication that the doctor orders • Let someone know if the medication is not helping
What to Do if the Pain Gets Worse • Tell someone immediately if the pain does not get better
Pain Management that Works • Feel less pain • Feel no more pain • Move your body without pain • Have a life without pain
Summary • Pain protects your body • Tell someone when you feel pain • Have a life without pain
References • HCQU Pain Management training
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