GEMC:Emergency Pharmacology / Pain Management

General

This the main page for the Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum Project's Emergency Pharmacology / Pain Management section. For point of care treatment information see the respective category page and non-GEMC notes.

Acute Pain Management

Blogs and Websites

• Paging Goldilocks to the ER: Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department, Part I. http://empharmd.blogspot.com/2013/08/paging-goldilocks-to-er-acute-pain.html?m=1
  
• Scott Weingart. Patient Controlled Analgesia for Acute Pain. http://emcrit.org/podcasts/gentile-pain/
  

Podcasts

• Ed Gentile. Patient Controlled Analgesia. http://emcrit.org/podcasts/gentile-pain/
  

Chronic Pain Management

Blogs and Websites

• William Jantsch. The insanity of pain management in the ER. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2012/12/insanity-pain-management-er.html
  

Podcasts

• Minh Le Cong. ED chronic pain management. http://prehospitalmed.com/2012/08/03/pharm-podcast-31-ed-chronic-pain-management/
  
• Suzanne E. Johnson. Pain Care in the ED. EM: RAP 2012 (requires subscription). http://www.emrap.org/episode/2012/january/paincareintheed?link=tag-pain
  
• Rob Orman. The "Oxy Free" ED. EM:RAP 2011. (requires subscription). http://www.emrap.org/episode/2011/march/theoxyfreeed?link=tag-pain
  
• Jim Ducharme. Chronic Pain - A Response to "Oxy Free ED". EM:RAP 2011 (requires subscription). http://www.emrap.org/episode/2011/july/chronicpain?link=tag-pain
  

Pediatric Pain Management

Podcasts

• Ilene Claudius. Ouchless ED. EM:RAP 2011. (requires subscription)http://www.emrap.org/episode/2011/november/ouchlessed?link=tag-pain
  

Pharmacology of Pain

Blogs and Websites

• Chris Bond. NSAIDs Part 1: Which one is best? SOCMOB, 2013. http://socmob.org/2013/02/nsaids-part-1-which-one-is-best/
• Chris Bond. NSAIDs part 2: The Ceiling Effect. SOCMOB 2013. http://socmob.org/2013/02/nsaids-part-2-the-ceiling-effect/
  
• Chris Bond. NSAIDs Part 3: Gastrointestinal Side Effects and Toxicity. SOCMOB 2013. http://socmob.org/2013/03/nsaids-part-3-side-effects-and-toxicity/
  
• SOCMOB. Propofol for Migraine Headache. SOCMOB 2013. http://socmob.org/2013/07/propofol-for-migraine-headache/
  

Podcasts

• Stuart Swadron. Propofol Abuse. EM:RAP 2012. (requires subscription) http://www.emrap.org/episode/2012/january/propofolabuse?link=episode-segment
  

Pain Management Guidelines

Other resources

GEMC: Global Emergency Medicine Curriculum (Main)