Practical Pain Management Approaches for the General Practitioner

Pain relief in our patients is a requirement of our professional oath and the ‘right thing’ to do for the patient. Unfortunately, effective analgesia can be inadvertently overlooked in a busy day in practice. Easy to implement analgesic options with drugs/techniques available in most every practice will be discussed in a ‘how to’ approach.

• At the end of this session the attendee will be able to:
• 1.Review patient analgesic needs that might be overlooked.
• 2.Review quick pain assessment techniques.
• 3.Develop standardized protocols to ensure patient’s analgesic needs are met.
• 4.Utilize ‘quick tips’ for developing appropriate analgesic protocols.