[Improving pain assessment of infants in paediatric emergency departments]

Abstract

Not having access to language, the infant is deprived of an essential means of communicating its painful experience. The assessment of their pain in the emergency room is therefore quite complex. A study carried out in the paediatric emergency department of the Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil shows that it is possible to improve this aspect thanks, among other things, to continuous training and the presence of experts in children's pain within the team.

Keywords: assessment; child; douleur; enfant; paediatric emergency; pain; urgence pédiatrique; évaluation.