I used to live with a paramedic who explained it like this: "It's difficult to quantify anything but the most extreme pain, so an easy benchmark is a 10. If you

I used to live with a paramedic who explained it like this: "It's difficult to quantify anything but the most extreme pain, so an easy benchmark is a 10. If your pain is a 10, then if the paramedic rushing you to the ER lights you on fire and throws you out the back of the ambulance, your pain would not increase."