40 MAY 2016 | EMSWORLD.com
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Case Study #1
You respond to a nearby residential aged-care facility
for a person unwell. The case is coded as "sick person,
no priority symptoms."
On arrival you are met by a carer who tells you
that a 90-year-old female resident appears unwell.
When you are taken to the patient's room, you find
her sitting in a chair, grimacing and rocking in her
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The alleviation of pain depends
on the provider's ability to identify,
measure and interpret it
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By Bill Lord, BHlthSc, GDipCBL, MEd, PhD