PAIN AS 5TH VITAL SIGN - DAY 1

What are the components of Pain Free Hospital?

• Pharmacology/Anaesthesia and Analgesia

• Non Pharmacology/Traditional and complementary medicine

• Modern surgical technique/Daycare surgery

• All of the above

Before implementation of pain as 5th vital sign, there are other four vital signs that was routinely assessed except

• Temperature

• Respiratory rate

• SPO2

• Blood Pressure

In what year Malaysia had made the policy of the pain as the 5th vital sign?

• 2007

• 2008

• 2009

• 2010

There are the benefits of implementation of pain as the 5th vital sign except.

• Patient will not feeling any pain throughout stay at the hospital

• Promote doctor-patient & nurse-patient interaction for better communication and patient satisfaction

• Provide better patient care

• Better awareness of pain which contributes to better management of pain, fast recovery and shorten hospital stay

Where will pain perception occur?

• Thalamus

• Cortex

• Spinal Cord

• Nociceptor receptor

What are the adverse effect of the pain towards body physiology?

• Reduce bowel movement

• Increase Myocardial Oxygen demand

• Cause fear and anxiety

• Reduce Sympathetic activity

The pain is caused by the lesion or disease of the somatosensory system refers to

• Acute pain

• Chronic non-cancerous pain

• Nociceptive pain

• Neuropathic pain

What are the factors contribute to the perception of pain?

• Coping strategy

• Cultural issues

• Anxiety and fear

• All of the above

Mr A, a 35 year old man, alleged MVA and sustained fracture of right Femur. What type of pain the patient have?

• Acute, non-cancerous, nociceptive pain

• Acute, cancerous, nociceptive pain

• Chronic, cancerous, neuropathic pain

• Chronic, non-cancerous, neuropathic pain

Below are the benefits of minimally invasive surgery except

• Reduce cost

• Minimal trauma/incision

• Faster recovery

• Better cosmetic due to smaller wound