[Pain severity and analgesia approaches in adult trauma patients]

This study was carried out descriptive for determine trauma patient's pain severity and pain relief approaches. This scope of the research covered 418 patients who were between 18-65 years and applied to emergency unit of two training hospitals because of the trauma in Istanbul. The data of the research were collected by using individual characteristics form and forth section of Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire form. It was determined that all patients had pain after trauma. Moreover, 14.6 % (n=61) of the patients defined the pain "severe", 51.7 % (n=216) that they defined the pain "much severe" and 33.7 %(n=141) that they defined the pain "unbearable". Nonsteroid Antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAID) were given only 85.9 % (n=359) that they had pain. Besides, being extra to NSAID opioid was given to 14.1% (n=59) of the patients by 95.5% (n=416) intramuscular approach and 62.9 % (n=293) of the patients, whose pains were not over in spite of the pain treatment Based on these results, trauma patients' pains still haven't been handled as a serious problem. Also, it can be said that there is hot any effective pain relief approach at emergency units yet.