Pain Management in the Emergency Department
May 17, 2004 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Orlando, FL
Purpose:
To educate EM physicians on current aspects of managing patients who present to the ED with painful conditions
Intended Audience:
Members of the FERNE Advisory Board & Emergency Medicine Physicians
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to describe the issues surrounding pain management, identify optimal therapeutics available, implement the use of pain assessment tools, and discuss the usefulness of pain protocols in the ED.
Agenda:
Questions Regarding Pain Management in the ED
Edward P. Sloan, MD, MPH, FACEP
Associate Professor
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Review of ED Therapeutics for Patient Pain Management
Edward A. Panacek, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine
Director, Office of Clinical Trials
Division of Emergency Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of California, Davis
Davis, California
Innovations in Process Management / Optimizing Patient Management
Leslie Zun, MD, MBA, FACEP
Mount Sinai Hospital
Department of Emergency Medicine
Chicago, Illinois
Opportunities and Research Horizons in Pain Management
Knox H. Todd, MD, MPH, FACEP
Director
Pain and Emergency Medicine Initiative
Emory University
Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, Georgia
This Symposium was supported by an unrestricted educational grant
by Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.