Helen Bickers is researching effective and efficient pediatric pain assessment tools that can be used in pre-hospital environments. She will conduct quantitative research using a questionnaire to identify barriers to pediatric pain assessment among pre-hospital practitioners. The responses will be analyzed using Excel to identify trends and highlight specific barriers. The goal is to identify a preferred assessment tool and integrate the findings into training to allow appropriate pain management for pediatric patients receiving pre-hospital care.

1. Research planOral PresentationHelen Bickers9909406Methods of Research and Enquiry

2. Research question “What is an effective and efficient paediatric pain assessment tool that can be used in the pre-hospital environment?”http://www.111emergency.co.nz/StJohnMerc.jpg

3. WHY?Pre-hospital patient care is my passionEnsuring all patients leave my care in the best condition possible is my benchmark for personal performanceI recognised a gap in the care we give to the paediatric section of our population and wanted to identify WHY this happenshttp://www.google.co.nz/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pediatricsafety.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/little-girl-and-nurse-in-ambulance.final.JPG

4. METHODOLOGYQuantitative researchUsed because preliminary research had identified possible barriers to paediatric pain assessment and management

5. Wanted to move towards confirming these barriers and identifying a possible tool to improve patient assessment and therefore patient managementwww.directionservice.org/cadre/images/Image29.gif

6. METHODOLOGYQuestionnaireMaintenance of anonymity

7. Ability to structure the questions to seek the desired information

8. Written responses more accurate to record and study

9. User friendly tool for participants http://securesurgerywebsite.co.uk/userfiles/image/questionnaire.jpg