Abstract
The Comfort Cart is a pain management tool that is portable and contains non-pharmacologic pain relief adjuncts such as heating pads, ice packs, stress balls, eye pillows, ear plugs, as well as distraction tools such as magazines, reading materials, adult coloring books and guided imagery for pain relief. The objective of this initiative was to improve pain relief in patients who report pain using non-pharmacological adjuncts; sometimes in addition to pain medications appropriate to the patient complaint/diagnosis/presentation.
Sigma Membership
Non-member
Type
Poster
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Patient Care, Comfort, Pain Relief
Recommended Citation
Hoddinott, Christina and Wambold, Deb, "Comfort Cart: The use of non-pharmacological adjuncts for pain relief" (2020). General Submissions: Presenations (Oral and Poster). 89.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/gen_sub_presentations/2019/posters/89
Conference Name
Emergency Nursing 2019
Conference Host
Emergency Nurses Association
Conference Location
Austin, Texas, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Comfort Cart: The use of non-pharmacological adjuncts for pain relief
Austin, Texas, USA
The Comfort Cart is a pain management tool that is portable and contains non-pharmacologic pain relief adjuncts such as heating pads, ice packs, stress balls, eye pillows, ear plugs, as well as distraction tools such as magazines, reading materials, adult coloring books and guided imagery for pain relief. The objective of this initiative was to improve pain relief in patients who report pain using non-pharmacological adjuncts; sometimes in addition to pain medications appropriate to the patient complaint/diagnosis/presentation.