Pain assessment
Pain and sedation · PC3
This topic appears in the RCEM clinical syllabus. Start with a relevant resource below, then use a case or practice activity to test what you have learned.
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Discuss
Analgesia in the Emergency Department
Discuss prompt pain relief, prescribing risks and how to check whether treatment has helped.
Assessing and treating acute pain
Choose a proportionate analgesic plan, check contraindications and make reassessment part of the prescription.
Chronic pain: a useful emergency consultation
Assess new symptoms in someone with chronic pain and practise agreeing a useful plan when no new emergency is found.
Assessing persistent pain in the emergency department
Practise a respectful ED assessment that recognises suffering, checks for new pathology and makes a realistic plan.
Teaching programmes
Starting in Emergency Medicine
1 relevant session in this programme.
Early-career Emergency Medicine
2 relevant sessions in this programme.
Medical Student Emergency Medicine Placement
1 relevant session in this programme.
Apply it in practice
Choose one thing to try on your next suitable shift, within your role and level of supervision. Discuss what happened and what you would change.
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