Subject Areas and Proposed First Year Activities

Subject areas that will be addressed by the Pain Management and Addiction Medicine Section:

• Emergency Medicine Pain Management:
  • Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia
  • Multi-modal non-opiate analgesia
  • Nitrous Oxide for analgesia
  • Management of Chronic Pain
  • Management of Opiate addiction
  • Research in the field of Emergency Medicine Pain Management

Pain Management Section’s proposed first year activities:

• Identify/develop pain management courses for emergency medicine physicians
• Publish a pain management newsletter highlighting relevant evidence, protocols, and opinions regarding emergency medicine pain management
• Disseminate information regarding novel evidence as it pertains to the management of acute and chronic pain
• Work with ACEP Pediatric Emergency Medicine section, ACEP Geriatric Emergency Medicine section, and ACEP Palliative Medicine section to improve pain management in these specialized populations
• Work with ACEP Emergency Ultrasound section to improve access to education and implementation of ultrasound guided regional anesthesia in the emergency department