If I'm in enough pain to seek medical attention, it's probably a 10 by average standards.
I've found that saying, "It's less intense than having burns debrided, but more intense than a Tylenol level headache," helps those who are used to dealing with pain while it just makes others look at me like I'm talking Greek, so I say it's a 10 and they get off their asses and do something.
Generally, the type and location of pain helps them more than intensity. All intensity tells them is whether or not they need to give you a pain killer and what level of pain killer.
That's the way it works here. Other places it might be different.
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Date: 2009-05-24 09:51 pm (UTC)I've found that saying, "It's less intense than having burns debrided, but more intense than a Tylenol level headache," helps those who are used to dealing with pain while it just makes others look at me like I'm talking Greek, so I say it's a 10 and they get off their asses and do something.
Generally, the type and location of pain helps them more than intensity. All intensity tells them is whether or not they need to give you a pain killer and what level of pain killer.
That's the way it works here. Other places it might be different.