• Eur J Anaesthesiol · Jan 2000

    Comparative Study

    An audit of patient perception compared with medical and nursing staff estimation of pain during burn dressing changes.

    • C P Rae, G Gallagher, S Watson, and J Kinsella.
    • Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust, Glasgow, Scotland.
    • Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2000 Jan 1;17(1):43-5.

    AbstractIn order to prescribe appropriate analgesia for burns dressing changes the pain experienced by 30 burned patients during this procedure was recorded. Patients received analgesia prior to their dressing changes according to the current protocol in the burns unit. During the same period the medical and nursing staff in the unit who were involved in prescribing and administering the analgesia for the dressing change, were asked to assess the severity of pain that they thought patients experienced during dressing changes. Patients recorded their worst pain as none or mild in 64% of procedures. In contrast, no surgeon and only one nurse, rated pain as none or mild. The discrepancy between severity of pain recorded by patients and the pain predicted by staff prescribing and administering analgesia has clinical implications.

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