PCA machines allow you to control when you will receive a dose of pain medication. By pushing a button, the PCA machine delivers pain medication through your IV. You should be the only one who presses the button. Your family and friends should not push the button for you, especially if you are sleeping. Parents should not push the button for their child. Your nurse will show you how it works and answer questions you may have.
The self-administration of analgesics by a patient; often involves an intravenous, subcutaneous, or epidural opioid administered via a pump.
Pain medication given through an IV or epidural catheter. Patients control the dose of medication they take, depending on how much is needed to control the pain. PCA is usually used for patients recovering from intra-abdominal, major orthopedic, or thoracic surgery, and for chronic pain states, such as those due to cancer.
a pain management technique that allows the client to take an active role in managing pain
a method of administering pain medication that is activated by the patient
A method of intravenous delivery of opioid analgesics in which the patient controls the timing of their pain medication based upon their perception of pain.
PCA. A method in which the patient controls the amount of pain medicine that is used. When pain relief is needed, the person can receive a preset dose of pain medicine by pressing a button on a computerized pump that is connected to a small tube in the body.
(PCA) A device that allows the patient to self-administer safe amounts of pain medication.
Intravenous pain medication controlled by a small pump, which is activated by a laboring woman to allow her to choose the amount of medicine she receives.
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is any method of allowing a person in pain to administer their own pain relief.