ASSESSMENT

PAIN EKG
  • Performing a PAIN EKG is one way to approach an assessment of pain in any patient.  The familiar components of the EKG 'PQRST' can be used to construct a clinical mnemonic to serve us in assessing pain. 
  • Follow the MENU - ASSESSMENT / PAIN EKG selections out to a  'PQRST' element or click on a 'PAIN EKG' button on this webpage.
INTERPRETATION
  • Upon completing a pain assessment, we then perform an interpretation of our findings.
  • Follow the MENU - ASSESSMENT / INTERPRETATION   selections out to the elements of INTERPRETATION or click on the button on this webpage.