ALTO....sounds like a muppet character

Anyone else using these ALTO guidelines for non opioid pain management in your ED? We have a non opioid pain policy with big banners in the ED informing patients and although physicians are technically free to order whatever they think is appropriate, we get emails with the names of physicians who are the biggest offenders with ordering narcotics in the ER so there is definitely pressure to not order them if you can help it. FMD is 100% behind the push for no opioids. At first, I was really... ALTO....sounds like a muppet character
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