Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • Pain Management

    Uploaded by

    Sandeep Brar Sekhon
    4 views1 page
    This document provides a framework for assessing pain by asking questions about its onset, location, duration, character, aggravating factors, relieving factors, timing, and severity. Specifically, it prompts questions about when the pain started, where it is located and whether it radiates, how long it has been occurring, if it changes with activities or can be described, what makes it worse or better, whether it is constant or comes and goes, and how bothersome or painful it is.

    Original Description:

    Pain Management

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    This document provides a framework for assessing pain by asking questions about its onset, location, duration, character, aggravating factors, relieving factors, timing, and severity. Specifically, it prompts questions about when the pain started, where it is located and whether it radiates, how long it has been occurring, if it changes with activities or can be described, what makes it worse or better, whether it is constant or comes and goes, and how bothersome or painful it is.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    4 views1 page

    Pain Management

    Uploaded by

    Sandeep Brar Sekhon
    This document provides a framework for assessing pain by asking questions about its onset, location, duration, character, aggravating factors, relieving factors, timing, and severity. Specifically, it prompts questions about when the pain started, where it is located and whether it radiates, how long it has been occurring, if it changes with activities or can be described, what makes it worse or better, whether it is constant or comes and goes, and how bothersome or painful it is.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    of 1

    Pain Management (OLDCARTS)

    Onset—when did it start?

    Location/Radiation—where is it located?

    Duration—how long has this gone on?

    Character—does it change with any specific activities? Does the patient

    use any descriptive words to describe the quality of the symptom?

    Aggravating factors – what makes it worse?

    Reliving factors – what makes it better?

    Timing—is it constant, cyclic, or does it come and go?

    Severity—how bothersome, disruptive, or painful is the problem?

    You might also like