Safe Prescribing of Controlled Substances

Safe Prescribing of Controlled Substances is organized by Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center (EMLRC) and will be held from Jun 25, 2018 - Dec 17, 2022.

Webinar Overview and Objectives:
This in-depth course will review the scope of the current opioid crisis including a historical look back at how we arrived at this epidemic. The pharmacology of opioids and their antagonists as well as the standards of prescribing and e-prescribing opioids for acute and chronic pain will be reviewed. This will be followed by a discussion on the alternative and adjuncts to opioids for pain management including evidence-based addiction treatment options and optimal standard-of-care treatments of pain.

This course will review recent legislative updates and how it affects you - the practitioner.
• Describe the current scope of the epidemic
• Discuss the historical perspective and how we got here
• Describe how to manage pain in an acute setting
• List treatment options/standards to minimize morbidity and mortality
• List and describe strategies for harm reduction
• Discuss HB 21 and describe how it affects your practice
• List alternatives to opioids
• Review and describe addiction treatment with Medication Assisted Treatment.