Basic Framework to manage pain "RAT" - Assess

How severe is the pain?

Measuring Pain

• Helps guide treatment
• Methods
• Verbal (e.g. mild, moderate, severe)
• Numerical - 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable)
• Visual - Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), “Faces” pain scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What type of pain is it?

Are there any other factors?