Updates in Pain Management

Pain management is integral to many areas of first opinion practice, from routine surgery to orthopaedics and emergency to internal medicine. This one-day course with Matt Gurney is designed to give delegates the skills and confidence to treat pain in both the acute and chronic setting. By concentrating on techniques relevant to first opinion practice this course will help delegates to provide options for treatment, keep patients comfortable and enhance their wellbeing.

Topics to be covered include:

• An update on acute pain management and pain scoring
• Using everyday local anaesthesia
• Which analgesic CRIs to consider
• Why is chronic pain so hard to treat? First and second line treatment options