“So, what are you going to give me for the pain, doc?” “I don’t want to have to come back because of the pain.” We’ve all heard it before. After having received any myriad of pain strategies to ensure you didn’t undermanage their pain in the emergency room: The patient Read more…
Pain is common in the emergency department (ED), representing up to 78% of presenting complaints.[1] Emergency physicians (EP) must therefore be experts in the management of pain. Right? Let’s examine how well we do. Reality Check A 2007 study examining pain practices in 17 EDs in the US and Canada Read more…
Sally did a great job discussing the latest Wilderness Medicine Society recommendations on pain management in the wilderness setting. The article that she discussed can be found here: WM pain mgt article She was also kind enough to create a summary of this article that can be downloaded from here Read more…