Episode 64: Pain Management In The Emergency Department
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A PODCAST LECTURE BY SERGEY MOTOV
08/11/22
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SPEAKER Bio
Sergey Motov
Dr. Motov is an Emergency Medicine Physician practicing in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from Medical Academy of Latvia and completed his EM residency at Maimonides Medical Center. Dr. Motov is a Research Director who is passionate about safe and effective pain management in the ED. He has numerous publications on the subject of opioid alternatives in pain management and is actively involved in growing this body of work both nationally and globally.
LECTURE SUMMARY
Pain is one of the most common reasons for patients to visit the emergency department and other acute care settings. Due to the extensive number of visits related to pain, ED clinicians across the globe and should be aware of the various therapeutic options available to them to treat patients with a variety of acute and chronic painful syndromes. With a huge improvement in understanding of the neurobiological aspect of pain by utilizing channels/enzymes/receptors concept, ED clinicians should consider patient-centered, pain syndrome-specific approach by using multimodal approach that include non-pharmacological modalities and pharmacological ones that include non-opioid and opioid analgesics. Additionally, availability and cost -effectiveness of analgesics need to be factored in treatment plan across the globe.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, you should be able to:
Define and explain channels/enzymes/receptors approach to ED Analgesia
Identify commonly used classes of analgesics for pain control in the ED
Apply analgesic-specific properties to their daily practices