New approaches to pain ease discomfort, distress.
Teaching your staff to look at pain in a new light will benefit your patients and your ED's performance. It is important to consider the emotional aspects of pain, as well as the physical aspects. Don't be satisfied with accreditation guidelines; document pain throughout the treatment process. To improve times for door to analgesic, mirror protocols for thrombolytics door-to-needle times.
D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007591:Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D014481:United States