Pediatric Vital Signs: Normal HR, RR, BP, Temperature & Pain Scales by Age
#PediatricVitals #Pediatrics #VitalSigns #NursingNotes #iPrkashMishra
#MedStudent #ClinicalPractice #PainScales #CRIES #FLACC #FacesScale #NumericScale
#PainScales are (still) in vogue…but still need improvement, as even ‘number’ or emoji scales can be distractingly subjective.
#medsky #graphicmedicine
New #research suggests that numbered #PainScales may not offer enough information for patients to accurately convey their discomfort. Needed: a means to communicate with more language to ensure appropriate #pain treatment. #graphicmedicine #medsky
"Pain Woman Takes Your Keys..approaches the complex nature of #pain from all different angles & explore #genderbias in #healthcare, the difficulty of articulating #chronicpain, and the issues that can arise from using #painscales": https://buff.ly/3ZS3ieb via @missioncure.bsky.social #book
What patients and HCPs do with #PainScales in real life practice means they don't work in at all the same way that they work in experimental or controlled research contexts - they work much
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Anyhoo...... When @PCCongress is on, come and visit the Virtual RealTalk training stand and RealTalk poster
And also a poster from @LaalaaJenkins and I where we lift the lid on how #PainScales work in real life palliative consultations, some morsels to tempt you in:
Been working on our @RealTalk_EOL videos and brochures for @PCCongress - including one for our poster on #Pain #PainScales - have learned A LOT and VERY FAST about my new webcam, Teams Vs Zoom for recording. BUT I have still not learned how to......