LECTURE OUTLINE

Module

Anaesthesiology

Title

Acute Pain Management

Lecturer
Aims

A/P Dr U Aung Myat Thwin/ Dr KK Mah

Learning
outcomes
Assumed
Knowledge
Lecture Contents

Clinical
Relevance
References

To give an overview of the management of acute pain.

At the end of the lesson, the student will be able to
a) Define pain
b) Review basic principles of pain assessment & management
c) Discuss intervention: Non-pharmacological & pharmacological
Pre-clinical medical sciences module
i. Define pain: IASP
ii. Assessment of pain: PQRSTU mnemonics
iii. Goals of pain rating scales
iv. Types of pain rating scales
v. Intervention: Guiding principle
vi. Non-pharmalogical intervention
vii. Pharmalogical intervention: WHO analgesic ladder
viii. Sedation score: Ramsay sedation scale
ix. Topical, Regional, PCA
x. Pre-emptive analgesia
xi. Special consideration in children & the elderly
Pain is considered the 5th vital sign. Management of pain is so
essential that hospitals in Malaysia are designated pain free areas.
1. Lecture notes: Clinical anaesthesia. Carl L Guinnutt 3rd Edition
2008
2. Textbook of Anaesthesia. Aitkenhead 5th Edition 2007
3. Basic practical per-anaesthesia. A.E Delilkan 3rd Edition 2005