Pain management in Siriraj Hospital (Data from doctors and nurses).

ABSTRACT

A survey was carried out among housestaffs and nurses involved with postoperative patient cares to assess their attitudes toward postoperative analgesic care and their knowledge of analgesics. Only 37 percent of the respondents prescribed analgesics for complete pain relief, The most common prescribed drugs were paracetamol, pethidine, morphine, sosegon, baralgan and aspirin, but morphine would be in the second order in the nurses opinion. Doctors had more knowledge in the routes of pain relief such as intermittent intravenous injection, local infiltration or gases inhalation. The respondents knew many intramuscular routes, but did not know about their dangers and toxicitis.56.8 percent of the respondents were satisfied with their treatments. This study demonstrates the need for better and more comprehensive training of housestaff and nurses in analgesic case.