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Managing Pain Amid the Opioid Crisis
Pain management in the emergency department relies heavily on the use of opioid analgesics, which generates risk for patients to develop long term opioid use or an opioid use disorder. Multimodal analgesia can improve the patient experience and reduce the risks of opioid use if emergency providers approach pain with a more critical mindset.This activity is designed to help emergency providers improve management of pain while decreasing patient exposure to opioids. It is also designed to help providers navigate how to manage patients with opioid use disorder.
Identify different types of pain (acute pain, chronic pain, chronic cancer pain, and social pain) and the neurobiological origins of this pain.
Describe the risks associated with opioid analgesia.
Demonstrate knowledge of multimodal analgesia regimens to manage pain in the emergency department.
Describe the characteristics of opioid use disorder and the effectiveness of medication assisted therapy.