At Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Helen Dynda wrote:
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>[]> Mankoski Pain Scale
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>http://www.valis.com/andi/painscale.html
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>0 = Pain Free...No medication needed.
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>1 = Very minor annoyance...occasional minor twinges. No medication needed.
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>2 = Minor annoyance...occasional strong twinges. No medication needed.
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>3 = Annoying enough to be distracting. Mild painkillers are effective.
>(Aspirin, Ibuprofen)
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>4 = Can be ignored if you are really involved in your work, but still
>distracting. Mild painkillers relieve pain for 3-4 hours.
>
>5 = Can't be ignored for more than 30 minutes. Mild painkillers reduce pain
>for 3-4 hours.
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>6 = Can't be ignored for any length of time, but you can still go to work
>and participate in social activities. Stronger painkillers (Codeine,
>Vicodin) reduce pain for 3-4 hours.
>
>7 = Makes it difficult to concentrate, interferes with sleep You can still
>function with effort. Stronger painkillers are only partially effective.
>Strongest painkillers relieve pain (Oxycontin, Morphine)
>
>8 = Physical activity severely limited. You can read and converse with
>effort. Nausea and dizziness set in as factors of pain. Stronger
>painkillers are minimally effective. Strongest painkillers reduce pain for
>3-4 hours.
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>9 = Unable to speak. Crying out or moaning uncontrollably -- near delirium.
>Strongest painkillers are only partially effective.
>
>10 = Unconscious. Pain makes you pass out. Strongest painkillers are only
>partially effective.
>
>I devised this pain scale to help me describe the subjective experience of
>pain in more concrete terms to my doctors and family. Please feel free to
>use it and distribute it with attribution.
>
>Copyright © 1995, 1996, 1997 Andrea Mankoski. All rights reserved.
>
>Right to copy with attribution freely granted.