When “Everything Hurts”
A patient in pain requires you to don your detective hat
The patient who comes to you with the “everything hurts” complaint is mentally challenging as you deal with the dynamic of being in a continuous/ongoing assessment process addressing so many possible causes. And it challenges your skills as you must manage multiple patient care needs, all in a moving vehicle. It’s definitely doable, if you can just keep all those assessment and management balls in the air. Until next month…
Mike Smith, BS, MICP, is program chair for the Emergency Medical Services program at Tacoma Community College in Tacoma, WA, and a member of the EMS World editorial advisory board.
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