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Pain Management

Pain Management. Lesley Foster EB Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist, (Paediatric) DebRA UK. Patients’ photographs have been removed from this presentation. Pain management Start early. 2 days old. Oromorph and paracetamol prior to dressing changes. Acute Pain from Bullae / Wounds.

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Pain Management

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  1. Pain Management Lesley Foster EB Nurse Clinical Nurse Specialist, (Paediatric) DebRA UK Patients’ photographs have been removed from this presentation

  2. Pain managementStart early • 2 days old. Oromorph and paracetamol prior to dressing changes

  3. Acute Pain from Bullae / Wounds • Give prescribed analgesia • Prepare dressings • Lance blisters to prevent from enlarging. Use Cryogesic spray (Ethyl Chloride) if pain / anticipatory fear • Select atraumatic dressing • Use silicone medical adhesive remover spray (Appeel) if adherence has occurred

  4. Use a Pain Assessment Tool • Patient focused • Individual • Cultural / social • Assess and formulate a baseline pain score • Use a recognised tool • Behavioural characteristics • Physiologically induced changes

  5. Non Pharmalogical Therapies • Visualisation • Guided imagery

  6. Guided Imagery A therapeutic technique that allows two people to communicate on a reality that one of them has chosen to construe through an altered state of consciousness and achieved in the process of imaging. BH Whitaker

  7. Pain Management • Mild Pain – combine simple analgesia with a non steroidal e.g. paracetamol with ibuprofen • Severe pain – Opioid analgesia and anxiolytic sedation e.g. midazolam Fentanyl lozenges. Entonnox (occasional use) • Chronic background pain – may require long acting morphine (MST) • Fentanyl patches (Appeel for safe removal) • Neuropathic pain – may respond to low dose amitriptylline or gabapentin

  8. Peripheral opioid use • 10mg of morphine sulphate in 15mg Intrasite gel with dressing changes (0.2mg/kg of morphine) Concentration may be increased for optimal effect Peripheral opioids in inflammatory pain Archives of Disease in Childhood 2004;89:679-681 Watterson G, Howard R, Goldman A.

  9. Dressings with ibuprofen? • Biatain –Ibu • foam dressing with ibuprofen designed to provide moist wound healing and reduce pain at the wound site. • For moist wounds only. • Only just available. • Not licensed for those under 12 years! • ?absorption – stop oral anti inflammatory drugs until further studies taken

  10. The environment • Child friendly • Undisturbed • Distraction available • Close window, switch off fan • Personal choice – be realistic.

  11. Preparation • Templates • Dressings cut to size • Anticipate – wound swab, adherence – Appeel spray –demonstrate before need • Analgesia & / sedation given • Check for stinging from products e.g. honey

  12. Be realistic • Don’t offer in hospital what is not available at home (e.g. entonnox) • Don’t promise a product will not sting or adhere • Consider schooling and time available

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