OUCH! You Hurt Me: Assessing Acute Pain in Dogs and Cats

Pain is a very individual sensation and the best way to identify pain in a patient and the only way to know if our analgesic protocols are truly effective is to LOOK for pain in every patient. The importance of pain scoring and the contribution of the entire veterinary team in implementing/maintaining scoring will be discussed. Also, practice patients will be scored using EASY pain scoring systems.