Assignment: Management of Acute Postoperative Pain at the PACU

  • Task: Submit a comprehensive postoperative pain management plan for a patient with acute pain at the PACU
  • Procedure: Students will be given a case scenario of a patient with acute postoperative pain. They are required to submit a written case discussion on the pain management of the patient. The discussion should contain these elements:
    • History/PE (what other questions would the student like to ask the patient)
    • Laboratory Examinations (what other laboratory examinations can be done)
    • Pain assessment
    • Pain physiology and pathophysiology
    • Pain management
  • DUE DATE: First Tuesday after the end of the rotation