title: Documenting and treating acute pain in children.
abstract: Pain management for children in emergency departments is often inconsistent or inadequate due to a lack of appropriate protocols. This article discusses the development of such a protocol in an ED in Sydney, Australia, and how its implementation led to a huge improvement in documentation of pain scores and in the appropriateness of pain relief given.
authors.affiliation: Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: Grant
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Isedale
authors.forename: Candice
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mackellar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D004282:Documentation; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics