Ep 25 - The 0-10 Pain Scale

This episode explains how to ask a patient to describe their pain using the 0-10 pain scale.

Describing Your Pain With a 0-10 Pain Scale May Be Messing With Your Treatment. Here’s What You Can Say Instead.

Questions to ask the person in Pain:

1. Are you in pain---if yes--

2. ask what part of the body

3. ask for a number on the 0-10 scale

4. Is it constant or intermittent

5. Describe pain using words like:

Aching, sharp, shooting, burning, tingling, numbness, searing, jabbing, stabbing, etc

6. Ask what relieves pain, sleep, elevate extremity, heat, ice, bath, massage, or medication

7. what number they take nothing, what number they need over the counter meaning Acetaminophen or Ibuprofen, then what number for Prescription pain medicine.