Podcast 666: Pain Management & Patient Perspective

<p><strong>Contributor:  Jared Scott, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">About ½ of the patients in the ED present with some form of pain</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">One study looked at patients presenting in pain and followed up two days after discharge to determine if their pain was addressed, asking if the patient received anything for pain and if the patient refused pain medication</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Non-analgesic pain management: About 30% discordance between patient reports and documentation</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Conventional analgesic pain management: About 15% discordance between patient reports and documentation</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor DM, Valentine S, Majer J, Grant N. Discordance between patient-reported and actual emergency department pain management. Emerg Med Australas. 2020 Nov 22. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13690. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33225600.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Summarized by John Spartz, MS3 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Emergency Medical Minute is excited to announce that we are now offering</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AMA PRA Category 1 credits™</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">via online course modules. To access these and for more information, visit our website at</span> <a href= "http://www.emergencymedicalminute.com/cme-courses"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.emergencymedicalminute.com/cme-courses/</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and create an account. </span></p> <p><a href= "https://www.paypal.com/donate?token=6bIZ91UwjZALMiRLAEcQYYPHyLILwbivQwgtGl3JzaB6oGAQK1B2nrGSGvrS-g7zJ