Unit 2 Flashcards

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EAP

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Emergency Action Plan

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Pain typically comes on suddenly and has a limited duration. It's frequently caused by damage to tissue such as bone, muscle, or organs, and the onset is often accompanied by anxiety or emotional distress. Described as sharp, stabbing, comes on suddenly, stinging. Lasts less than 6 months.

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Acute Pain

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Pain lasts longer than acute pain and is generally somewhat resistant to medical treatment. It's usually associated with a long--term illness, such as osteoarthritis. In some cases, such as with fibromyalgia, it's one of the defining characteristic of the disease. This pain can be the result of damaged tissue, but very often is attributable to nerve damage. Described as dull, throbbing, burning, aching, squeezing, stiffness. Lasts longer than 6 months.

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Chronic Pain

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Pain lasts longer than acute pain and is generally somewhat resistant to medical treatment. It's usually associated with a long--term illness, such as osteoarthritis. In some cases, such as with fibromyalgia, it's one of the defining characteristic of the disease. This pain can be the result of damaged tissue, but very often is attributable to nerve damage. Described as dull, throbbing, burning, aching, squeezing, stiffness. Lasts longer than 6 months.

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Chronic Pain

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Pain is pain that affects the muscles, ligaments and tendons, and bones. Typically described as sharp, bright or burning. Trauma to an area (jerking movements, auto accidents, falls, fractures, sprains, dislocations, and direct blows to the muscle) also can cause musculoskeletal pain. Other causes of pain include postural strain, repetitive movements, overuse, and prolonged immobilization.

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Musculoskeletal Pain

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Pain is extremely common and many different conditions can lead to painful joints, including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, bursitis, gout, strains, sprains, and other injuries. In one national survey, about one--third of adults reported having joint pain within the past 30 days. Knee pain was the most common complaint, followed by shoulder and hip pain, but joint pain can affect any part of your body, from your ankles and feet to your shoulders and hands.

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Joint Pain

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Pain is often described as a shooting or burning, tingling or numbness pain. It can go away on its own but is often chronic. Sometimes it is unrelenting and severe, and sometimes it comes and goes. It often is the result of nerve damage or a malfunctioning nervous system.

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Neuropathic pain

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Pain is a pain disorder associated with psychological factors. Some types of mental or emotional problems can cause, increase or prolong pain. A person with a psychogenic pain disorder may complain of pain that does not match his or her symptoms. Headaches, muscle pains, back pain, and stomach pains are some of the most common types of psychogenic pain.

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Psychogenic Pain

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Pain occurs away from the actual site of irritation. It has been called an error in perception Each referred pain site must be considered unique to each individual. Simply stated, referred pain happens because the nerves in your body are all connected. When your body experiences a pain stimulus, your nervous system carries the signal to your brain. The brain then sends a signal to your body that you’re experiencing pain. Sometimes, because of how nerves are wired in your body, your brain will send a pain signal to a different part of your body than the area where the pain stems from.

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Referred pain

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Conditions required for microorganisms to grow

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Food, moisture, pH, time, and temperature