welcome to nursing school explained in this video on an example of how to use the old cards acronym for patient pain assessment so here we have an example um old card stands for onset location duration characteristics aggravated by Relief by treatment Tri as well as severity so here's an example the patient states the pain started yesterday after they took a fall it is located in the right wrist the pain is intermittent and it is characterized by being throbbing it's aggravated by movement and relieved by letting it rest or using a splint the treatment Tri includes ice and ibuprofen without much relief and the severity currently is a 4 out of 10 so very brief and succinct information everything you need to know about the patient's uh pain and what they're currently going through that way you can come up with a care plan and help them relieve their pain accordingly thanks for watching this example also check out the full video on Old cards and the other pain assessment tool opqrst thanks for watching see you soon