PAIN

In the end, the students will learn:

a. Pain Scale
b. Types of Pain
c. Pain questions

I. Look at this scale; match the scale with the description of the pain.

Pain Descriptions!
… Standing on a sprained ankle … A bee sting
… Child Birth … Pain can cause pass out
… Pain can make you stop driving 1` A mosquito bite
… Non-migraine headache … A pinch
… A deep cut by knife … Average migraine

II. Listen the five patients talking about their pain. Complete the sentences using the words
below based on the conversations!
burning dull sharp stabbing tingling throbbing

1. I still have a headache. It is like a drum, a real ………………. Pain.

2. There is a ………………………… ache in my lower back. It’s quite a mild pain. But
sometimes I can feel a …………………….. pain, like an electric shock.
3. I get this …………………….. feeling two or three hourse after food and sometimes
it’s very sore.
4. It’s a kind of ……………………. Feeling. Like pins and needles. I get it in my feet as
well, but it’s better than last week.
5. Yes, it is a …………………. Pain, like a knife. It’s severe pain. It really hurts a lot.
III. Match the adjective phrases 1-8 with the descriptions a-h

IV. Ask these questions to your patient, and write the answer!
1. Location
a. Show me where it hurts?
b. Does it hurt anywhere?
2. Radiant
a. Does the pain move anywhere?
3. Quality
a. Would you describe the soreness or
hurting?
b. Does it feel ache?
c. Does it feel sharp or shooting?
d. Can you describe your pain?
e. Is it aching, deep, shooting?
4. Severity
a. On the scale 1-10, how is your pain?
5. Relieving factors
a. What does make it hurt more?
b. What does make it better?
c. Is it worse when you sit or move?
6. Timing
a. How long does it last?
b. Does it come and go or is it there all
the time?
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