pain scale
Suffering intensity measure
A pain scale is a standardized tool for measuring and communicating pain intensity, typically ranging from zero (no pain) to ten (worst imaginable).
Medical professionals ask patients to rate their pain on this scale to assess symptoms and track treatment effectiveness: On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?
Common versions include numerical ratings, facial expression charts, and descriptive scales.
- one to tenStandard evaluation spectrum
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
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- Triagetriage nurse, triage area, field triage, battlefield triage, telephone triage
- clinical assessmentsvital signs, blood pressure, heart rate, pulse, respiration
- clinical testsstraight leg raise, range of motion, reflex test, muscle test, strength test
- pain assessmentbody map, numeric rating, self-assessment, self-report, checklist
- Emergency RoomER doctor, ER nurse, triage nurse, trauma bay, gurney
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Measurable life indicators
blood pressure reading · lab values · temperature measurement · EKG reading
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Identification of illness
diagnostic criteria · clinical diagnosis · differential diagnosis · etiology
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Measure of population satisfaction
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