Question

What are some of the ways medicine is dealing with pain today?

How, as medical assistant s, could we help patients experiences severe pain?

Do you think there is a better way to asses a patient’s pain than the 1-10 scale we use? What would that be?

Answer 1

Answer: Pain can be managed in healthcare by using medications, occupational therapy. The patient can be provided massage therapy which also includes heat and ice pack. Acupuncture can be performed as a pain reducing techniques.

The medical assistant can help patients experience severe pain by providing medication on the basis of the severity of pain. Providing them instant care and Intravenous medication for fast relief.

Although the pain scale is use to measure the pain such as 1 is the lowest and 10 is the unbearable pain. But the pain depends upon the capacity of the patient to tolerate it. Communication can reveal the intensity of the pain.