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Safe Pain Control

Resources for Medical Professionals

Safe and effective pain management after surgery

Education

Collaboration of ACS, AAOS, AANS and HCSC to Share Resources and Implement an Opioid Sparing Pain Control Patient Education Program for Hip, Knee, and Spinal Procedures (1 CME credit)

Online Training Course: Regional Anesthesia for the Practicing General Surgeon: Pectoral Nerve Blocks (1 CME credit)

 Towards a Non-Opioid Pain Control Pathway and Best Practices for the Head, Neck and Thyroid Patient Webinar
December 3, 2020 (1 CME credit)

CME Requirements by State

ACS Statement on Opioid Abuse (published August 2017)

Additional Professional Resources

Free Office Poster for Pain Management

Pain Reduction Toolkit

  • Instructions for How to Embed the Pain Reduction Toolkit on Your Website:
    • Use Iframe coding, for example, <p><iframe src="https://pain-reduction.com/toolkit" width="700" height="1000"></iframe></p> to the website code and it will appear!

How Does the ACS Safe and Effective Pain Control Program Help Me and My Patients?

Physician Office Sign on Practicing Safe and Effective Pain Control for Adults

Physician Office Sign on Practicing Safe and Effective Pain Control for Children and Teens

Safe and Effective Pain Control Screening Checklist

Patient Brochure: Safe and Effective Pain Control After Surgery for Adults

Patient Brochure: Safe and Effective Pain Control after Surgery for Children and Teens

How to Use the Safe Pain Control Brochure with Your Patients

Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health

AHRQ Patient Safety and Opioid Medications

Turn the Tide Rx

Strategies for Flipping the Script on Opioid Overprescribing

APSA Pediatric Quality and Safety Toolkit (Opioid Reduction)

Research News

Predicting inadequate postoperative pain management in depressed patients: A machine learning approach
PLoS One, February 2019

Cannabis use may increase sedation requirements for endoscopic procedures
Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, April 2019

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Safe Pain Education Brochures and Signs

Order Safe Pain Education Brochures and Signs from the ACS Store.

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Webinar Series

Specialty-specific series of webinars on best practices for managing pain in the complex patient as well as be introduced to evidence-based guidelines that are new and/or emerging.

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