Patient Safety: Multimodal Analgesia

Keyword(s) MATE act

Credits CME:1.0, Patient Safety:1.0

Tag(s) Patient Safety, CME, Patient Safety CME

Description

Multimodal analgesia uses combinations of analgesic medications that act in an additive or synergistic manner to achieve pain relief with minimal or no opiate consumption. The goal is to reduce the reliance on opioids for pain management by using medications that act on differing pathways and receptors.

Learning Objectives

After viewing this course, the participant should be able to:

Recall the elements for successful multimodal pain management and the advantages of multimodal analgesia.
Identify differences between pre-emptive, preventive and multimodal analgesia.
Compare the research that has been done on pain management for plastic surgery procedures.
Discuss medication usage, drawbacks and interactions of multimodal analgesia.
Indicate how surgeons unwittingly contribute to the opioid epidemic and what can be done to reduce it.

Faculty
Content in this course was provided by Deepa Bhat, MD; Heather Faulkner, MD; Michele Manahan, MD; Elisabeth Potter, MD; Gregory Greco, MD; Thomas Fiala, MD; Anureet Bajaj, MD; Karol Gutowski, MD

Accreditation Information

AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM: 1.0
Patient Safety Credit: 1.0
Media: eLearning, PDF material
Release Date: 2/18/2022
Expiration Date: 3/01/2025
Estimated time to complete this course: 60 minutes

Directly provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons® (ASPS®)

Accreditation Statement
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation Statement
The ASPS designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Of the 0.75 credit, 0.75 credit is designated as applicable to patient safety.

Intended Audience

This educational activity is intended for plastic surgery practitioners, residents, and other healthcare professionals interested in translating expanded knowledge into practice for the improvement of patient outcomes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Disclosures

None of the participants have any relevant financial relationships or affiliations to disclose.
All ASPS staff members managing this activity have no relevant financial relationships or affiliations to disclose. All identified conflicts of interest have been resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity, and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. The ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of a product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.

Disclosure Policy
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) requires all instructors, planners, reviewers, managers and other individuals in a position to control or influence the content of an activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships or affiliations. All identified conflicts of interest must be resolved and the educational content thoroughly vetted by ASPS for fair balance, scientific objectivity and appropriateness of patient care recommendations. ASPS also requires faculty/authors to disclose when off-label/unapproved uses of product are discussed in a CME activity or included in related materials.

Disclaimer: All relevant financial relationships for planners, faculty and others in control of content (either individually or as a group) are reviewed by the ASPS Continuing Education Committee and have been mitigated, if applicable.

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