Acute Post Operative Pain Management Emma Lamont - 18 Weeks

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NHS National Waiting Times Centre Why have a “Pain Service”? Joint College Report on “Pain After Surgery”, 1990. • “Pain – a subjective experience that can be perceived directly only by the sufferer.” • “The treatment of pain after surgery in British Hospitals has been inadequate and has not advanced significantly for many years.”
NHS National Waiting Times Centre The Patient in Pain “Multimodal Analgesia” • A combination of analgesia resulting with a synergistic affect • Well described in the available Medical Literature • The goal of pain management is not necessarily “zero” pain rather it is the maximally functional patient, with the patient ultimately deciding if the goal has or has not been reached. • Kathy Quan 2007
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