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HEALTHY ME: Pain Management Presented by: APS Healthcare Southwestern PA Health Care Quality Unit (HCQU). February, 2010 djk. Disclaimer.

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  1. HEALTHY ME:Pain ManagementPresented by: APS HealthcareSouthwestern PA Health Care Quality Unit(HCQU) February, 2010 djk

  2. Disclaimer Information or education provided by the HCQU is not intended to replace medical advice from the consumer’s personal care physician, existing facility policy or federal, state and local regulations/codes within the agency jurisdiction. The information provided is not all inclusive of the topic presented. Certificates for training hours will only be awarded to those who attend a training in its entirety. Attendees are responsible for submitting paperwork to their respective agencies.

  3. Note of Clarification While mental retardation (MR) is still recognized as a clinical diagnosis, in an effort to support the work of self-advocates, the APS SW PA HCQU will be using the terms intellectual and/or developmental disability (I/DD) to replace mental retardation (MR) when feasible.

  4. Objectives Upon completion of the session the participant will: • Describe what pain is • Identify tools to use to tell someone you’re in pain • Identify ways to relieve pain

  5. What Good isPain? • Protects your body • Alerts you that something is wrong

  6. What Causes Pain?

  7. What Does Pain Feel Like ? Pressure Dull Ache Pinching • Burning Sharp Stabbing

  8. When Does It Hurt? Hurts all the time Every Day All Day

  9. When Does It Hurt? Hurts some of the time Not every day Not All Day

  10. What To Do When You Are in Pain • Tell someone • Follow doctor’s orders • Rest/Relax

  11. When to Tell Someone You Have Pain • Every time there is pain

  12. Tell These People About Your Pain Staff Family Doctor Nurse Friends

  13. How To Tell Someone You Have Pain Use picture to point to area

  14. How to Tell Someone You Have Pain Use faces to describe the amount of pain

  15. How to Tell Someone You Have Pain Pressure Dull Ache Pinching • Burning Sharp Stabbing

  16. How to Tell Someone You Have Pain • Lasts all the time • Comes and goes

  17. What Helps Pain? Follow the doctor’s orders • Take the medication that the doctor orders • Let someone know if the medication is not helping

  18. Physical Therapy

  19. Relaxation Therapy

  20. Be Pain Free

  21. What to Do if the Pain Gets Worse • Tell someone immediately if the pain does not get better

  22. Pain Management that Works • Feel less pain • Feel no more pain • Move your body without pain • Have a life without pain

  23. Summary • Pain protects your body • Tell someone when you feel pain • Have a life without pain

  24. References • HCQU Pain Management training

  25. To register for future trainings,orfor more information on this or any other physical or behavioral health topic, please visit our website at www.hcqu.apshealthcare.com

  26. EvaluationPlease take a few moments to complete the evaluation form found in the back of your packets.Thank You!

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