Pain Management and Sedation: Emergency Department Management by Mace, Sharon; Ducharme, James; Murphy, Michael;

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DETAILED GUIDANCE ON PAIN RELIEF IN THE ED

This thorough and informative text provides ready, expert answers to both everyday questions and to the often challenging, complex, and diverse issues that arise around pain management and sedation in the emergency department. Written by three leading authorities, Pain Management and Sedation provides in-depth, yet practical and easy-to-find guidance on relieving the complaint that brings more than 50% of patients to emergency care. A groundbreaking work, it is the first text to treat this important subject in depth from the emergency room perspective.

Covering every aspect of the subject, Pain Management and Sedation offers

• Step-by-step guidance on approaches to patients, from preprocedure through discharge
• System-by-system patient evaluation protocols
• In-depth coverage of specific techniques, from conscious sedation through iontophoresis
• Drug-class by drug-class guidance on pharmacologic agents
• Specific guidance on pediatric, geriatric, pregnant, neonatal, and other patients with special considerations
• Coverage of useful techniques such as TENS, hypnosis, psychologic approaches, and other nonpharmacologic interventions
• Expert advice on key policy, administrative, and legal concerns

EXPERT GUIDANCE

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

DETAILED GUIDANCE ON PAIN RELIEF IN THE ED

This thorough and informative text provides ready, expert answers to both everyday questions and to the often challenging, complex, and diverse issues that arise around pain management and sedation in the emergency department. Written by three leading authorities, Pain Management and Sedation provides in-depth, yet practical and easy-to-find guidance on relieving the complaint that brings more than 50% of patients to emergency care. A groundbreaking work, it is the first text to treat this important subject in depth from the emergency room perspective.

Covering every aspect of the subject, Pain Management and Sedation offers

• Step-by-step guidance on approaches to patients, from preprocedure through discharge
• System-by-system patient evaluation protocols
• In-depth coverage of specific techniques, from conscious sedation through iontophoresis
• Drug-class by drug-class guidance on pharmacologic agents
• Specific guidance on pediatric, geriatric, pregnant, neonatal, and other patients with special considerations
• Coverage of useful techniques such as TENS, hypnosis, psychologic approaches, and other nonpharmacologic interventions
• Expert advice on key policy, administrative, and legal concerns

EXPERT GUIDANCE

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Section I: ADMINISTRATIVE

1.History/Background

2.Definitions

3.Regulations

4.Documentation/Standardized Forms

5.Quality Improvement/Risk Management

6.Legal Aspects

7.Policies and Procedures

1.Preprocedural PatientAssessment

2.American Society of Anesthesia (ASA) Classifications

3.Pain Scales

4.Equipment

5.Procedural Patient Assessment and Monitoring

a.Airway

b.Respiratory

c.Cardiovascular/Hemodynamics

d.Neurologic

6.Post Procedure Evaluation

a.Discharge Criteria Assessment of Patient Stability

b.Patient Discharge Instructions

1.Cardiovascular

2.Respiratory

3.Central Nervous System

4.Autonomic Nervous System

5.Renal

6.Hepatic

1.Conscious Sedation

2.Pain Management

a.Definition, acute vs chronic

b.Pathophysiology

c.The Drug Seeking Patient

3.Regional Anesthesia

4.Nerve Blocks

5.Local Anesthesia

a.Topicals

1.Vapocoolant sprays

2.Creams: EMLA, Eutetic, elemax

3.Combination Solutions: Tac, LET

b.Injectables

1.Amides

2.Esters

3.Long acting vs short acting

4.Others: Benadryl

c.Iontophoresis (numby)

1.Muscle Relaxants

2.Neuromuscular Blockers

3.Adjunctive Medications

a.Atropine/Glycopyrolate

b.Lidocaine

c.Others

4.Reversal Agents

a.Naloxone/Naltrexone

b.Flumazenil

5.Agents for Conscious Sedation (Sedative Drugs)

a.Propofol

b.Etomide

c.DPT

d.Chloral Hydrate

e.Barbiturates

f.Benzodiazepines

g.Ketamine

6.Pain Medications

a.Opoids

b.Nonsteroidal

c.Acetaminophen

d.Others

7.Anesthetics

a.Inhalant anesthetics

b.Nitrous oxide

1.Devices

a.Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)

b.Continuous Infusions

2.Palliative Care

3.Pediatrics

a.Pediatrics

b.Neonates

c.Children with Special Health Care Needs

4.Geriatrics

5.

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