Pain Management: Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)

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Course Details:

Aim

To standardise safe practice of administration, management and monitoring of patients receiving Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA).

Audience: Clinical staff

Duration: 60 minutes

Learning Objectives:

• Identify what PCA is and the advantages and disadvantages of this technique
• Describepump management, including programming checks and decontamination
• Recognise, escalate and manage side effects of PCA when caring for patient
• Discuss troubleshooting and managing step down analgesia from PCA