Expanding the
Non-Opioid
Analgesic
Armamentarium:
Opportunities to Advance Acute
Pain Managment and Optimize
Patient Outcomes
This Learning Center is a freely accessible educational platform for healthcare providers who may be involved in the identification and management of patients with acute pain. Our goal is to ensure that you—the practicing clinician—have access to the most accurate, up-to-date information for the treatment of patients with this challenging clinical scenario.
We encourage you to share this educational resource with your colleagues and your healthcare team
Activities
Novel Non-Opioid Strategies to Address Unmet Needs in Acute Pain Management
Credit Available: 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Nurses: 1.0 ANCC contact hours
Pharmacists: 1.0 ANCC contact hours
In this didactic activity, experts discuss the current burden of pain management with opioids, as well as the need for new non-opioid agents and the rationale for using emerging agents, such as NaV1.8 inhibitors.
Course Director: Christine N. Sang, MD, MPH, FASA
Course Faculty:Mark Steven Wallace, MD and Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP, FASAM
Novel Non-Opioid Strategies to Address Unmet Needs in Acute Pain: A Clinical Case Challenge
Credit Available: .5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
Nurses: .5 ANCC contact hours
Pharmacists: .5 ANCC contact hours
In this case-based activity, experts discuss the management of a patient presenting to the emergency department with acute pain. After the patient tells their story, the expert faculty describe considerations for making optimal treatment decisions in this population.
Course Director: Christine N. Sang, MD, MPH, FASA
Course Faculty: Scott Weiner, MD, MPH, FAAEM, FACEP, FASAM