WHO Analgesia Ladder for Acute Pain
This ladder is used to guide pharmacological management of acute pain in patients. The patient must be asked to rate the pain out of 10 or use the Visual Analog Scale to determine severity. Please see Figure 1 of this article for an image of the ladder: https://www.medcentral.com/pain/chronic/who-pain-ladder-do-we-need-another-step
WHO Analgesia Ladder for Acute Pain