Lesson Plan – Chronic Pain in the ED

Picture the scene…

You are about to go on your meal break when the nurse in charge of minors asks you to see “just one more”. You glance at the card, it’s a “frequent flyer” with back pain...

Learning Objective

To learn about the patient with chronic pain and their management in the ED.

RCEM Curriculum

HAP36

Task 1 – Watch

Task 2 – Read

Task 3 – Discuss

Task 4 – Summary

Task 5 – Reflect

References and Further Reading

  1. 1
    Orman R. Chronic Pain. ER Cast Lite. 2015; published online July 29. https://ercast.libsyn.com/chronic-pain (accessed June 9, 2020).