Acute Pain Management in Patients with OUD in the ED

Slide deck
by
British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU)

Release Date

2022

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Findings/Key points

This presentation is geared towards prescribers managing acute pain care of patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) in Emergency Departments (ED). The learning objectives are:

  1. Highlight the differences in pain experience and management of patients with Opioid Use Disorder (OUD).
  2. Review an approach to pain management in the ED, including ordering opioids.
  3. Discuss an approach to specific scenarios, such as patients on buprenorphine and injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy (iOAT).
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Keywords

About prescribers
Barriers and enablers
Clinical guidance
Harm reduction
Hospitals
Ketamine
Opioids
Substitution/OAT
Withdrawal