OK…I’m coming to this one a day late and a dollar short, But I’m going to say my piece; I have been in the medical community for over 25 years and around 8 years ago, some well-meaning, short sighted idiot decided that “the American medical system did not treat pain aggressively enough” and we (medical community) where told that “pain is the 5th vital sign.=, and what a person says their pain level is; that’s what it is” We doctors and nurses saw this end result coming from miles away.
OK…I’m coming to this one a day late and a dollar short, But I’m going to say my piece; I have been in the medical community for over 25 years and around 8 years ago, some well-meaning, short sighted idiot decided that “the American medical system did not treat pain aggressively enough” and we (medical community) where told that “pain is the 5th vital sign.=, and what a person says their pain level is; that’s what it is” We doctors and nurses saw this end result coming from miles away.