Some substances are more toxic than others. The toxicity of a substance is described by the types of effects it causes and its potency. 1  Types of Effects: Different chemicals cause different effects.
I think I remember reading that injured means bruises and lascerations, seriously injured meant hospital but not life threatening, critically injured meant hospital ICU time and fatally injured meant injuries leading to dying sometime later.
We read with interest the excellent paper âObservational Pain Scales in Critically Ill Adultsâ in the June 2013 issue. Stites found that the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) is the best available scale to assess pain in these patients.This finding confirms the results of a recent comparative analysis on several behavioral pain scales for intensive care unit (ICU) patients.e would like to bring up some critical points regarding these scales. First, the CPOT and the BPS do not have a specific item for patients who are in a coma (Glasgow Coma Scale â¤8), with artificial airways (eg, tracheostomy tube), who are breathing spontaneously without receiving mechanical ventilation.