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Paent Controlled Analgesia (PCA) This will help to make your pain go away aſter your operaon. A drip is a bag of liquid medicine. The drip is aached to your hand with a tube. You will have something called ‘a drip’ aached to you. The pain medicine in your drip goes into your body through your hand. Page 1

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Page 1: Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) · Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) This will help to make your pain go away after your operation. A drip is a bag of liquid medicine. The drip

Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)

This will help to make your pain go away after your operation.

A drip is a bag of liquid medicine.

The drip is attached to your hand with a tube.

You will have something called ‘a drip’ attached to you.

The pain medicine in your drip goes into your body through your hand.

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Page 2: Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) · Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) This will help to make your pain go away after your operation. A drip is a bag of liquid medicine. The drip

If you are in pain you can have some medicine to stop the pain.

You will be given a button to press. Press this button when you have pain.

When you press the button some pain medicine goesinto your drip.

You can give yourself pain medicine when you need it.

The medicine makes the pain less for a while.

Jill is in pain The medicine helps Jill

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The doctors and nurses will look after you.

They will ask if you are in pain.

They will check that your pain medicine is working ok.

If you need help or are in pain tell the nurse.

They will help you.

Nopain

Somepain

Badpain

Very bad pain

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Pain

Does it hurt?

This pain scale may help you say how bad the pain is.

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You may not be able to tell us that you are in pain.

Your supporters can tell us how to notice that you are in pain.

Some people show they are in pain by how they behave.

They can write in the box below.

They may get upset

They may go quiet

They may be noisy

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