Emergency Medicine : Basics to Pain Managment

Overcoming  Pain KNOW ABOUT THE PAIN
Pain assessment
Physiology of pain transmission (nociception)
Pharmacologic approaches
Use of analgesics, multimodal-balanced analgesia
Management of side effects and complications
Use and interpretation of monitoring modalities
Use of analgesic devices and catheters
Nonpharmacologic approaches
Role of pain management in multimodal, comprehensive rehabilitation
Patient and family education

Prevention of pain should be the hallmark of any type of medical or surgical  interventions. Appropriate analgesics should be administered whenever possible.
This requires regular and systematic assessment and evaluation of the processes of care and measurement of outcomes using validated instruments for data collection. Some of the identified  aims for pain managment are as follows:
1.Timely—delivered to the right patient at the right time.
2.Patient-centered—based on the goals and preferences of the patient and the family.
3.Beneficial and/or effective—demonstrably influencing important patient    outcomes or processes of care linked to desirable outcomes. 
 4.Accessible and equitable—available to all who are in need and who could benefit.  

 

  5. Knowledge- and evidence-based.
  6.  Efficient and designed to meet the actual needs of the patient and not wasteful of resources.