Pain Management
£90.00
e-Pain: Pain Management Training
Online medical course to deal with patients suffering from acute, chronic and cancer pain.
This interactive e-learning programme is suitable for all healthcare providers who are not pain specialists but who deal with patients suffering from acute, chronic and cancer pain. The e-Pain curriculum has been developed by the Faculty of Pain Medicine, of The Royal College of Anaesthetists, and the British Pain Society. The content has been written by leading clinical experts in pain management and related areas.
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Testimonials:
e-Pain offers pain management professionals, both in the hospital and the community, a high-quality learning resource. This will help to improve both clinical quality and, most importantly, the experience of patients.
Dr Kate Grady, Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Royal College of Anaesthetists
The success of the award-winning e-learning suite, e-LA, e-ICM and e-Pain, is truly remarkable. These resources are now a cornerstone of lifelong learning for all professionals in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine in the UK and increasingly around the world
Dr Liam Brennan, President, Royal College of Anaesthetists.
The e-Pain programme should deliver a step change in the quality, safety, efficacy and patient experience of care in the community and hospital setting.
Dr Douglas Justins, Past Dean of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Consultant in Pain Medicine and Anaesthesia
Developed by clinical experts in the UK, these interactive programmes deliver exceptionally high-quality training for anaesthesia, critical care and pain management specialists. This can only help to improve the quality and safety of patient care.
Dr Julia Moore OBE FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist
Description
Improving the Early Diagnosis and Management of Pain
Pain Management (e-Pain) specifically focuses on the areas of:
- improving the recognition of unrelieved acute and chronic pain
- assessing pain
- managing pain
- ensuring patient safety
This high-quality resource can be used both for training and continuing professional development. Users include hospital doctors, medical students, midwives, clinical psychologists, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists and many others.
Course Content
e-Pain features more than 60 e-learning sessions. Each session takes around 30 minutes to complete. The sessions are clustered into learning modules, supported by external resources and an e-library of relevant articles.
Introducing Pain Management
- Epidemiology and the Burden of Pain
- Definitions and Mechanisms of Pain
- History, Examination and Assessment of Pain
- Common Medications and Therapies for Pain
- Acute Pain Management
Acute Pain
- History, Organisation and Objectives of Acute Pain Teams
- History, Examination and Simple Uni-dimensional Tools
- Perioperative Management of Chronic Pain Patients, including those on Pre-existing Opioid Therapy
- Preventative versus Pre-emptive Analgesia
- Chronic Post-surgical Pain
- Step III: Administration Techniques, Bolus, PRN (as needed), Infusion
- Step III: Administration Techniques, Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia
- Step III: Administration Techniques – Oral, Intramuscular, Subcutaneous, Rectal, Sublingual and Inhaled
Pain as a Long-Term Condition
- Chronic Pain Management
- Predictors for Chronic Pain
- Biopsychosocial Model in Pain Management
Treatment
- Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs
- Paracetamol
- Opioids – Basic Principles
- Commonly Used Opioids
- Local Anaesthetics
- Multimodal Analgesia
- Assessing Treatment Effectiveness
- Antidepressants and Anticonvulsants
- Multidisciplinary Management of Chronic Pain
- Psychological Assessment and Approach to Treatment
- Interventional Procedures for Pain Relief
- TENS, Acupuncture and Alternative Treatments
Other Chronic Pain
- Primary Headache
- Secondary Headache
- Facial Pain Principles and Management
- Pelvic Pain – Male and Female
- Visceral Pain – Gastrointestinal, Oesophageal, Non-cardiac Chest Pain
- Common Chronic Pain Conditions – Central and Widespread Pain
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Neuropathic Pain
- Diagnosis and Evaluation of Neuropathic Pain
- Common Chronic Pain Conditions 1 Postherpetic Neuralgia, Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, Trigeminal Neuralgia
Paediatric Pain
- Pain in Children is Different
- Assessment of Children’s Pain
- Acute Pain in Children
- Chronic Pain in Children
- Musculoskeletal Pain in Children
Special Populations
- Pain and Analgesia in Pregnancy
- Sickle Cell Pain
- Drug Addiction, Dependency and Pain – Introduction
- Drug Addiction, Dependency and Pain – Management
- Assessment of Pain in Older Adults
- Common Pain Conditions in Older People
Cancer Pain
- Causes and Aetiology of Pain in Cancer
- Pharmacological Cancer Pain Management
- Non-Pharmacological Cancer Pain Management
- Pain in Cancer Survivors
Basic Science
- Anatomy of the Ascending Pain Pathway
- Innervation of the Trunk
- Physiology of Pain Transmission
- Modulation and Plasticity in the Nociceptive System
- Pain and the Peripheral Nervous System
- Pain and the Central Nervous System
- Nociceptive Pain
- Visceral Pain
- Neuropathic Pain
- Psychology Aspects of Acute Pain
- Imaging and Pain
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Additional information
| Key Features | Covers the assessment and management of acute, chronic and cancer pain – Provides interactive content with case studies, animations and self-assessment – Suitable for all healthcare professionals |
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| Suitability | Medical students, doctors, nurses, assistants and all healthcare providers who are not pain specialists but who deal with patients suffering from acute, chronic and cancer pain |
| Certificate | Yes |
| Duration | 12 months full access to complete the course |
