Acute pain assessment and management depicted in medical television shows

Pain is a common complaint presenting to the emergency department (ED). However, it is well-studied that patients believe that the assessment and management of pain is inadequate [1-6]. Studies discussing pain assessment and management, including the Pain and Emergency Medicine Initiative (PEMI), a multicenter study that yielded no significant difference in the rates of pain medication administration, opioid or otherwise, between gender or racial groups [7].

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - July 19, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Arshjot Khokhar, Rahul Gupta, Sue Boehmer, Robert Olympia Source Type: research