Femoral Nerve Block

Opioid Reduction in Emergency Medicine

Course time: 2h 2min

This course highlights the basics on various nerve blocks that can be applied to the emergency department setting to reduce the need for opioid prescriptions while treating patients' acute, traumatic pain. Learn more about the growing opioid crisis and steps that can be taken in the emergency department to reduce this epidemic.

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America is Losing the War on Chronic Pain
ASA, Perioperative Surgical Home
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Opioid Overdose
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers — United States, 1999—2008
Feeling Blocked? Another Pain Management Tool in the Emergency Department
IHI Triple Aim Initiative; Better Care for Individuals, Better Health for Populations, and Lower Per Capita Costs - Institute for Healthcare Improvement
NJ Hospital Cutting Down On Opioids in the Emergency Room
Opioid Rx Rates Surprisingly High Following C-Sections
Regional Anesthesia an Alternative to Opioids in the Emergency Department: ACEP Now the Official Voice of Emergency Medicine
Sonosite: ED Opioid Prescriptions Reduced with Nerve Blocks